NAN-TCHANG-FOU, the capital of Kiang-si, a province of China. This city has no trade but that of porcelain, which is made in the neighbourhood of Jao-tehou. It is the residence of a viceroy, and comprehends in its district eight cities; seven of which are of the third class, and only one of the second. So much of the country is cultivated, that the pastures left are scarcely sufficient for the flocks.

NANCY, a town of France, in the department of Meurthe, situated on the river Meuse, in the centre of the province. It is divided into the Old and New Towns. The first, though irregularly built, is very populous, and contains the ducal palace; the streets of the New Town are as straight as a line, adorned with handsome buildings, and a very fine square. The principal church is a magnificent structure, and in that of the Cordeliers are the tombs of the ancient dukes. The two towns are separated by a canal; and the new town was very well fortified, but the king of France demolished the fortifications. It has been taken and retaken several times; particularly by the French, to whom it was ceded in 1736, to enjoy it after the death of Stanislaus. E. Long. 6° 17'. N. Lat. 48° 41'.