an ancient town of France, in the department of Cher, and formerly an archbishop's see, with a famous university. The archbishop assumes the title Bourges, title of Patriarch of the Aquitains, and enjoys the rights of primacy with regard to Albi. It is seated between two small rivers, the Every and the Orron, upon a hill that has a gentle descent down to these rivers, by which it is almost surrounded, for there is but one avenue to it by land, which is that of Port Bourbonnoux. It stands upon a great deal of ground; but one part of it is without houses; and the rest is but thinly peopled with gentlemen, students, and ecclesiastics, the whole number of souls amounting only to about 18,000. They have no manner of trade but for their own necessaries. It is divided into the old and new town. The walls of the old are almost entire, and the new town is almost as large as the old. There are several churches, convents, and nunneries. The parish-church, dedicated to St Stephen, is a fine old Gothic structure: it is seated in the highest part of the city, and on each side of the front are two handsome high towers. The new one, which is built in the room of one which fell down, is almost 200 feet high. Bourbon-square is the largest in the city, where there was formerly an amphitheatre, and now a market. There is a fine walk from St Michael's gate into the fields, and three alleys, formed by four ranks of trees, the middlemost of which is spacious; besides which, there is a very long mall. The university is famous for the study of the law. This city stands almost in the centre of France. E. Long. 2. 30. N. Lat. 47. 10.