city of France, and capital of the former duchy of Anjou, now the department of the Maine and Loire. It is situated a little above the place where the Sarte and the Loire lose themselves in the Maine. This last river divides the city into two equal parts, called the High and the Low Town. There are twelve parishes in the city, and four in the suburbs, which contain upwards of 36,000 inhabitants. Besides these, there are eight chapters, and a great number of convents for both sexes. Its greatest extent is along the declivity of a hill, which reaches quite down to the river side. The castle was built by St Louis, about the middle of the 13th century. The walls, fosses, and numerous towers which yet subsist, evince its former magnificence; and its situation in the centre of the city, on a rock overhanging the river, conduces to give it an air of grandeur, though at present in decay. It was the principal residence of the kings of Sicily, as dukes of Anjou, but is now in a state of total ruin. The cathedral of Angers is a venerable structure; and although it has undergone many alterations in the course of ages since its construction, yet the architecture is singular, and deserves attention. Here lies interred with her ancestors the renowned Margaret, daughter of René king of Sicily, and queen of Henry VI. of England. She expired, after her many intrepid but ineffectual efforts to replace her husband on the throne, in the year 1482, at the castle of Dampierre in Anjou. Near the church of St Michael is the handsome square in the city, from whence runs a street which has the name of the church. On one side of this street is the town-house; which has a fine tower, with a clock, raised upon an arch which serves for a passage into the great square. There are two large bridges, which keep up a communication between the two parts of the city; and in the lesser of these there is another square, which serves for a market. The university of Angers was founded in 1398, and the academy of belles lettres in 1685. This last consists of thirty academicians. At the end of the suburb of Breigny are the quarries of Angers, so famous for the fine slate which is got from thence. The pieces are of the thickness of a crown piece, and a foot square. All the houses in Angers are covered with this slate, which has gained it the appellation of the Black City. The walls with which King John of England surrounded it in 1214 remain nearly entire, and are of very great circumference. W. Long. o. 35° N. Lat. 47° 30'.