Bukarest or Bukorest, the capital of Wallachia, and residence of the waiwode of that province, is situated on the Dumbovicea, a tributary of the Danube, in Lat. 44.26 N. Long. 26.8 E., at the distance of about 300 miles from Constantinople. Like the majority of Turkish towns, Bucharest, when seen at a distance, presents a very picturesque appearance, from the number of its gilded cupolas and minarets. On a closer inspection, however, the charm is dissolved. The houses are for the most part little better than huts; the streets, where paved at all, are paved with wood, and are thence called ponti (bridges); sewerage is a thing unknown; and the filth accumulating in vast quantities from year to year generates fevers and the plague. The public buildings, when closely examined, are mean and poor; the palace of the hospodar is a low wooden edifice in the centre of the great square, in which also the metropolitan church is situated. The only buildings that make any pretensions to elegance and comfort are the inns, some of which are magnificent. These, like all the houses in Bucharest, are situated in the midst of large gardens. It is computed that there are in the city 95 churches and upwards of 20 monasteries. It also contains a poor-house, and several hospitals, one of which, reserved for soldiers, is admirably conducted by German physicians. There is likewise a wooden theatre, where French and Italian operas are sometimes performed. The number of schools is about 70 in all, attended by nearly 1800 pupils; the college, connected with which is a museum containing a public library, annually musters about 500 students. Instruction is communicated at this establishment in the French tongue, though modern Greek and Italian are the languages spoken by the Frank population. The number of carriages in Bucharest is very great, and was estimated by Clarke the traveller in his day at about 4000. The manners of the inhabitants are extremely profligate; gambling, and many other worse forms of vice, are universally practised. As Bucharest is situated in the midst of an extremely fertile district, it has a considerable export trade. Corn, wool, hides, tallow, and honey are transmitted in large quantities to Odessa and Constantinople, while vast herds of swine and cattle are driven into Germany, and sold there. A considerable number of German jewellers have established themselves in Bucharest. The annual tribute which the city pays to its Turkish masters is about L26,000. Pop. about 65,000.