Toulouse, a city of France, capital of the de-
partment of Upper Garonne, and an archbishop’s
see. It contains 60,000 inhabitants, and is the
most considerable city in France, next to Paris
and Lyons, although its population bears no pro-
portion to its extent. It was the capital of the
Tectosages, who made so many conquests in Asia
and Greece. It was next a Roman colony, and
was successively the capital of the Visigoths
(who destroyed the superb amphitheatre, of which
there are still some remains, the capital, and other
Roman monuments), and that of Aquitaine. The
walls of the city, as wdl as the houses, are built
with bricks. St. Stephen’s, the metropolitan
church, would be incomparable if the nave were
equal to the choir, and the archbishop’s palace is
iuagnificent. The town-house forms a perfect
square, 324 feet long and 66 high : the principal
front occupies an entire side of the grand square
called the Place Royale. In the great hall called
the Hall of Illustrious Men, is the statue of the
Chevalier Isaure, with the busts of all the great
men to whom Toulouse has given birth. Com-
municating with the Atlantic on one side by the
river Garonne, and with the Mediterranean on the
other by the canal of Languedoc, Toulouse might
have been a very commercial city; but the taste
of the inhabitants has been principally for the
sciences and belles-lettres. The little commerce
they have consists in leather, wool, drapery,
blankets, mignionets, oil, iron, mercury, hard-
ware, and books. The bridge over the Garonne,
equal to that of Tours, forms a communication
with the suburb of St. Cyprian. The allied army
entered this city on the 12th of April, 1814 after
a severe action with the French army the pro-
ceeding day. Toulouse is 145 m. S. E. of Bor-
deaux and 400 S. by W. of Paris. Long. 1. 26.
E., lat. 43.36. N.

Tour, a town of France, department of Puy de
Dome, 22 m. S. of Clermont.

Tour de Roussillon, a town in the department
of Eastern Pyrenees 3 m. E. of Perpignan.

Tour du Pin, a town in the department of Isere,
seated on the Bourbre, 24 m. S. of Vienne.

Tour la Blanche, a town in the department of
Dordogne, 15 m. N. W. of Perigueux.

Tour la Ville, a town in the department of La
Manche, celebrated for its manufacture of glass.
It is separated from Cherburg by a river.

Touraine, a late province of France, which now
forms the department of Indre-et-Loire.

Tourancourchy, a town of Hindoostan, in the
Carnatic, 35 m. S. S. W. of Tritchinopoly.

Tournan, a town of France, department of
Seine-et-Mame, 20 m. E. S. E. of Paris.

Toumay, a city of Belgium, in Flandera, and a
bishop’s see. It has several fine manufactures,
and is particularly famous for good stockings.
The cathedral, and the abbey of St. Martin, are
very magnificent It was taken by the allies in
1709, and ceded to the house of Austria by the
treaty of Utrecht; but the Dutch were allowed
to place a garrison in it, as one of the barrier
towns. In 1792 it was taken by the French, who
were obliged to abandon it in 1793, but re-entered
again on the conquest of Flanders in 1794; and
retained it till 1814. It is seated on both sides
the Scneldt, over which is a bridge, 14 m. E. S.
xc2xa3. of Lisle and 30. S. S. W. of Ghent. Long.
3. 24. E., lat. 50. 33. N.

Tournehem, a town of France, department of
Fas de Calais, 9 m. N. W. of St. Omer.

Toumon, a town in the department of Ardeche,
with a fine college, and a castle; seated on the
side of a mountain, on the river Rhone, 38 m N.
of Viviers and 48 S. of Lyons.

Tournus, a town in the department of Saone-
et-Loire, 15 m. S. of Chalons.

Tours, a city of France, capital of the depart-
ment of Indre-et-Loire, and an archiepiscopal see.
It is seated on the Loire, and near the Cher.
Over the former is one of the finest bridges in
Europe, consisting of 15 elliptic arches, each 75
feet in diameter. The principal church is re-
markable for the delicacy of its structure, curious
clock, mosaic pavement, and rich library of man-
uscripts. Under the ministry of cardinal Riche-
lieu, 27,000 persons were here employed in the
silk manufacture ; and now the whole number of
inhabitants is about 23,000. The red wines of
Tours are much esteemed. In one of the suburbs
is the abbey of Marmoutier, reputed the most an-
cient in the W. Near the city is Plessis-les-
Tours, a palace built by the profligate and super-
stitious Louis XI., who died here in 1483. Tours
is 52 m. N. N. E. of Poitiers and 127 S. W. of
Paris. Long. 0. 42. E., lat. 47. 24. N.

Towamensing, p.v. Northampton Co. Pa.

Tmcanda, ph. Bradford Co. Pa.

Towcester, a town in Northamptonshire, Eng.
with manufactures of lace and silk. It was once
strongly fortified, and the Roman Watling-street
passes through the town. 60 m. N. W. of Lon-
don.

Toicnsend, ph. Middlesex Co. Mass. 45 m. N.
W. Boston. Pop. 1,506; ph. Windham Co. Vt.
Pop. 1,386; p.v. Cape May Co. N. Y. townships
of Huron and Sandusky Cos. Ohio.

Towton, a village in W. Yorkshire, Eng. fa-
mous for that bloody Dattle between the forces o^r
the houses of York and Lancaster so fatal to the
latter, on Palm Sunday, 1461.' 3 m. S. E. of
Tadcaster.

Trachenberg, a town of Prussian Silesia, capital
of a principality of the same name, abounding in
corn, cattle, and timber. It has a fine castle, and
is seated on the Bartch, 26 m. N. N. W. of Bres-
lau. Long. 1C. 56. E., lat. 51. 27. N.

Trafalgar, a promontory of Spain, in Andalu-
sia, at the entrance of the strait of Gibraltar.
This cape is 30 m. S. S. E. of Cadiz. Long. 6.

2. W., lat. 36. 11. N.

Tragonara, a town of Naples, in Capitanata
20 m. N. W. of Lucera.

Train, a town of Bavaria, on the river Ambs,
5 m. S. of Abensperg and 20 E. of Ingolstadt.

Traina, a town of Sicily, in Val di Demona, 25
m. N. W. of Catania.

Trajanopoli, a town of Romania, and a Greek
archbishop’s see. It is seated on the Marissa, 40
m. S. of Adrianople and 135 W. by N. of Con-
stantinople.

Trajetto, a town of Naples, in Terra di Lavoro,
built on the site of the ancient Minturna, 2p m. N
W. of Capua. Long. 14. 4. E., lat. 41. 20. N.

Tralee, a borough of Ireland, capital ot
the county of Kerry, near which is a chaly-
beate spring. It stands on a small river, which
flows into a shallow bay of its name, 50 m. S. W
of Limerick. Long. 10. 0. W.,laf. 52.4. N.

Trancoso, a town of Portugal, in Tras os Mon-
tes, with a castle, 9 m. W. by S. of Pinhel.

Tranent, a town of Scotland, in Haddington-
shire, 8 m. E. of Edinburgh and 10 W. of Had-
dington.

Trant, a city of Naples, in Terra di Bari, the see
of an archbishop, and the usual residence of the