an ancient, large, handsome, and strong city of France, in Alsace, with a population of 40,000. It contains about 200 streets, part of which are very narrow, and most of the houses are built after the ancient taste. However, there are a great number of handsome buildings, such as the hotel of the marshal of France, who is commander of the city; the hotel of the cardinal of Rouen, the bishop's palace, the Jesuits college, the royal hospital, the hotel of Hesse-Darmstadt, the arsenal, the town-house, and the cathedral. It has a wooden bridge over the Rhine, which is thought to be one of the finest in Europe; as is likewise the cathedral church, whose tower is the handomest in Germany, and the clock is greatly admired by all travellers. Some look upon it as one of the wonders of the world, and the steeple is allowed to be the highest in Europe. The clock not only shows the hours of the day, but the motion of the sun, moon, and stars. Among other things there is an angel, which turns an hour- Strasbourg, hour-glass every hour; and the twelve apostles proclaim noon, by each of them striking a blow with a hammer on a bell. There is likewise a cock, which is a piece of clock-work, that crows every hour. There are 700 steps up to the tower or steeple, it being 500 feet high. It was a free and imperial city; but the king of France became master of it in 1681, and greatly augmented the fortifications, though before it had 365 cannon. The inhabitants were formerly Protestants, and carried on a great trade; but most of them have been obliged to embrace the Romish superstition, though there is still a sort of toleration. Such was Strasbourg before the French revolution; what it is now we have not leisure to inquire. It is seated on the river Ill, 55 miles north of Basle, 112 south-west of Mentz, and 255 east of Paris. E. Long. 7. 51. N. Lat. 48. 35.