a large, strong, and populous town of Saxony in Germany, with a castle, and a famous university. It is neat, and regularly built, and the streets are lighted in the night; it carries on a great trade, and has a right to stop and sell the merchandises designed to pass through it, and the country for 75 miles round has the same privilege. There are three great fairs every year, at the beginning of the year, Easter and Michaelmas, which last 15 days each. There are six handsome colleges belonging to the university, besides the private colleges. The townhouse makes an indifferent appearance, but the exchange is a fine structure. It is seated in a plain near the confluence of the Plaisse, the Elster, and the Barde. A battle was fought here on the 18th October 1813, between the French under Bonaparte, and the Russians, Austrians, and Prussians, which ended in the total defeat of the former. F. Long. 12. 55. N. Lat. 51. 19.