the capital of a territory called Auranchin, about 30 miles in length, in Lower Normandy in France, now the department of the Channel. The city is mean; but its situation very fine, being on an eminence near which the river See runs, about a mile and a half from the ocean. The cathedral stands on a hill, which terminates abruptly; the front of the church extending to the extreme verge of it, and overhanging the precipice. It bears the marks of high antiquity; but the towers are decayed in many places, though its original construction has been wonderfully strong. Here, you are told, the English Henry II. received absolution from the Papal nuncio for the murder of St Thomas-a-Becket in 1172, and the stone on which he knelt during the performance of that ceremony is shewn to strangers. Its length is about 30 inches, and the breadth 12. It stands before the north portal, and on it is engraven a chalice in commemoration of the event. The ruins of the castle of Auranches are very extensive; and beneath lies a rich extent of country, abounding in grain, and covered with orchards, from the fruit of which is made the best cider in Normandy. W. Long. 1. 20. N. Lat. 48. 51.