BISHOPRIC OF, a province of Germany, in the circle of Austria, near the frontiers of Italy; is bounded on the north by Tirol; on the east by the Feltrino and Bellanese; on the south, by Vincentino, the Veronefe, Bresciano, and the lake de Garda; and on the west, by the Bresciano and the lake de Garda. The soil is said to be very fruitful, and to abound in wine and oil.

a city of Germany, and capital of the bishopric of that name, is a very ancient place, and stands in a fertile and pleasant plain, in the midst of the high mountains of the Alps. The river Adige washes its walls, and creeping for some time among the hills, runs swiftly into Italy. Trent has three considerable churches, the principal of which is the cathedral: this is a very regular piece of architecture. The church of St Maria Major is all of red and white marble; and is remarkable for being the place where the famous council of

(b) A paste for covering the wounds of trees, and the place where grafts are inserted, was discovered long ago. It is recommended in a Treatise on Fruit Trees, published by Thomas Hitt in 1755; a third edition of which, with additions, was published in 1768. It consists of a mixture of clay and cow's dung diluted with water. This paste he directs to be laid on the wound with a brush; it adheres firmly, he says, without cracking till the wound heals. We are informed by a gentleman, to whose opinion and experience we pay great respect, that this paste answers every purpose which Mr Forsyth's can serve. Trent was held, whose decisions are now the standing rule of the Romish church. E. Long. 11. 5. N. Lat. 46.

one of the largest rivers in England, which rises in the moorland of Staffordshire, and runs south-west by Newcastle-under-Lyne; and afterwards dividing the county in two parts, runs to Burton, then to Nottingham and Newark; and so continuing its course due north to Gainsborough on the confines of Lincolnshire, it joins several rivers, and falls into the Humber.

Council of, in Ecclesiastical History, denotes the council assembled by Paul III. in 1545, and continued by 25 sittings till the year 1563, under Julius III. and Pius IV. in order to correct, illustrate, and fix with peripety, the doctrine of the church, to restore the vigour of its discipline, and to reform the lives of its ministers. The decrees of this council, together with the creed of Pope Pius IV. contain a summary of the doctrines of the Roman Catholics. These decrees were subscribed by 255 clergy, consisting of four legates, 2 other cardinals, 3 patriarchs, 25 archbishops, 168 bishops, besides inferior clergy. Of these 150 came from Italy, of course the council was entirely under the influence of the pope. For a more particular account of the council of Trent, see Motheim's Church History, the Modern Universal History, vol. xxiii. and Father Paul's History of the Council of Trent.