a very ancient city of France, in the department of Upper Garonne, and late province of Languedoc, with an archbishop's see. It is one of the most considerable cities in the south of France, although its population bears no proportion to its extent. In 1817 it was estimated to contain 48,000 inhabitants. The streets are very handsome, some, and the walls of the city, as well as the houses, are built with bricks. The town-house, a modern structure, forms a perfect square, 324 feet long and 66 high. The principal front occupies an entire side of the grand square, lately called the Place Royale. In the great hall, called the Hall of Illustrious Men, is the statue of the Chevalier Israe, and the busts of all the great men to whom Toulouse has given birth. Communicating with the ocean on one side by the river Garonne, and with the Mediterranean on the other by the canal of Languedoc, Toulouse might have been a great commercial city; but the taste of the inhabitants has been directed to the sciences and belles-lettres. Of course, there are two colleges, two public libraries, and three academies. The little commerce of Toulouse consists in leather, drapery, blankets, mignonets, oil, iron, mercery, hardware, and books. The bridge over the Garonne is at least equal to those of Tours and Orleans; it forms the communication between the suburb of St Cyprian and the city. A bloody battle was fought at Toulouse on the 15th April 1814, between the British army under Lord Wellington, and the French army under Soult, in which the latter was defeated with great loss. Toulouse is 37 miles east of Auch, 125 south-east of Bordeaux, and 350 south-west of Paris.

E. Long. 1. 32. N. Lat. 43. 36.