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bition of wliic-h is held on tin- .'ith of May ; the veteri. 

 nan' school ; tlie academy of noble cadet ~ ; the milita- 

 ry school ; the school of artillery ami engineering ; the 



.leer of health, medicine, nml surgery ; tin- l\ing-in 

 hospital; the sch<H>l of free masons; the Catholic 

 school ; the foundation Josephine ; the school of |x>- 

 liee ; tin- school nt' St Ci.iix; the house of industry, 

 which find- employment for more than ,'MKM) individu- 

 als ; tlu- foundling hospital ; thf infirmary : the orphan* 

 hospital; the Catholic hospital ; and a great variety of 

 cimilar institutions. 



The promenades and environs of Dresden arc re- 

 markably fine The valleys of I'lii'.u-n, Schonen, Licb- 

 ihal, anil Seifersdorf, are particularly worthy of notice. 

 That of Plauen is the most romantic spot in the coun- 

 try. A road runs for some miles, flanked on one side 

 by a cluiin of lofty rocks, and on the other by a fine 

 MOW!, t the foot of which runs a beautiful river. The 

 part of the forest called the vault 1 * is the most 



delightful. The valley of Seifersdorf has been meta- 

 morphosed into an English garden. Pilnitz, the coun- 

 try-house of the king of Snxonr, is situated about two 

 short leagues from Dresden, on the banks of the Elbe, 

 and t the distance of 600 yards from it stands the 

 splendid vineyard of Count Marcolini at O.sterwitz. 

 The Italian opera is performed at Pilnitz during the 

 summer, for which tickets of admission must be ob- 

 tained from the Marshal of the Court. The royal Gon- 

 dolas are decorated with topographical and zoological 

 charts of the Elbe. The fortress of Koenigstein, 

 about three leagues from .Dresden, is built on the 

 summit of a rock, rising alxnit p.TO ells above the bed 

 of the Elbe. The well is 1800 feet deep, and is always 

 full of pure and delicious water, which is generally pre- 

 sented to strangers in a goblet turned by the E lector Au- 

 gustas himself. As the buildings of the wells are bomb 

 proof, the water cannot be cut off by an enemy. 



The principal manufactures of Dresden, are glass, 

 jxjrceluin, large mirrors, which are cast at Fredericks- 

 thai, near Senflenbcrg, and polished at Dresden, wool- 

 len cloths, saddles, saddle clothes, silks, silk stockings, 

 gauze, ribbands, lace, leather, gloves, which are rec- 

 koned equal to those of Denmark, musical instruments, 

 particularly flutes, Spanish wax, wax cloths, and paper 

 for rooms. The embroidery of handkerchiefs employs 

 more than 800 persons. 



The following is a statement of the population of 

 Dresden at different periods : 



1697 40,000 



1755 63,000 



1788 .03,000 



1811 45,000 



The position of Dresden, according to astronomical 

 observations, is in east longitude 13 4-.'*' 1", and north 

 latitude 51 '2' 50". For further information respect- 

 ing this town, see Dasdorf's Betchreibung der \-or- 

 :>i<flic/itten Merkantrdigkeiten der kurfiir.illtclien Resi- 

 denzttadt Drctden uiia riniger umliegrnden Grgendcn. 

 Dreidfii tind die umlirgendc Gcgcnd bis Elstenuerde, 

 lianzrn, Tetclten, Hiifierls/iur^, I-'rcibrrg, Top/it:. Mil 

 einem (irnndri\s von Dresden, nnd cine r lopographischen 

 fteisekarte. Pirna und Dresden, 1801, 8vo. Isttres 

 sur Dretde. Berlin, 1801, 8vo. Description de Dresde 

 et de set em-irons, a I'litn^e drs drangcr!, Iradttitr de 

 tAllemand. N. Edit. 1 807. Resch rei/mrig der Gemaltle- 

 Ctlltrir, tait Aumerkitng'n und tiiteni alplialielimhen 



Kuntl' nitse. Dresden, Iflt'fi. Cuilnrt 



mil </'r it Allrmuiirlr, vol. i. p 1 :< I : i 



Kullncr' It. .mi,: if. S, 'nine'- '/'<n,r 



tliiini^h fxirl o> i l'"lntiit, ' tt. i. 



rc/.v l/ir HL''I I" -.i.|. ii. 



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I ind, and (J,->IH/IHII. \ul. ii. p. ','7:4. |. ( t. 

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vol. ii. NVeimar ISO'A . () 



DRKl'X, Di or Diin-iities, is an aneirn* 



town of France, situ:iti-d in a district of tin- aine 

 in thede])ai-Uiu'nt ol'tlu- 1 un-and Loire. It -t.in.: 

 fertile valley on the mn B!ai-c, at the fool of a inoiii!- 

 tain, and is supjioscd by some to ha\e ilrri\cd it-- name 

 from the Druids. It is celebrated for the great battle 

 which was fought in the neighbourhood in l.'id'S, under 

 Charles IX. when the Protestants were routed, and the 

 Prince of Comic taken. There arc several ni;:ni:: 

 ries for woollen and linen cloth, hats, and tockir. 

 Dreux, and some tanner i< - a manufactory of 



cloth for the clothing of troops. l',,p u l: . (w) 



DRILL HI-SHAN mi\ . See AGRICULTURE, I:rtci. 



DRILL Pl.oi(.n. See Ai.KicTi.Ti lir, Imlfjc. 



DHIMIA, a genus of plants of the class Hexandria, 

 and order Monogynia. See UOTANV, p. Ih^. 



DROGHEDA, or Tredagh, as it was once cjillwl, is 

 the name of a borough town in Ireland, shunted be- 

 tween the counties of Louth and Meath, and po-, 

 the privileges of a distinct county. It stands on both 

 sides of the river Hoyne, at the distance of about .5 miles 

 from the Irish Sea. The town is large and well built, 

 and is still surrounded with the greater part of the walls 

 by which it was formerly defended. From the rajii.l 

 ascent of the ground on both sides of the river, the 

 hou>es stand on different levels, and show the town to 

 great advantage. Although Droghedu is a bad har- 

 bour, yet it is a place of considerable trade. It Ii. 

 jxisite to Liverpool ; and the river is navigable for ships 

 of 1 .50 tons burden up to the town, where then 

 handsome and convenient quay for receiving them. 

 Great quantities of corn are mapped here, and coals are 

 imported to a great extent, nnd conveyed by the river 

 into the interior, and by means of a c;.nal as far ., 

 van. There is a licensed distillery in the town, and 

 a well endowed school. A great deal of co..rse linen 

 and linen yarn is sold here, and the markets are plenti- 

 fully supplied with provisions. The town is governed 

 by a mayor, sheriff's, nnd a common-council. The corpo- 

 ration is large, and the body of freeholders numerous ; 

 but the borough is under no political influence. The 

 great flour mills of Slane are about seven miles dis- 

 tant from Drogheda. and they communicate with it by 

 water carriage. Mr Heaufort states the population of 

 this town at I.T.OOO, reckoning (>}. individuals to every 

 hoiiM'. During the rebellion, when the names of the 

 inhabitants weieatlixcd to the door-posts ofe\ery 1 

 the average of individuals in each house wa-. s.J in the 

 town, and 5,1 in the suburbs. The inhabitants are 

 principally Catholics, and are remarkably poor. See 

 IJcaufcvt's .A/, miiir. \e. and \\ akefield's StatuCtOtl anil 

 1'olilical Account <ij Ireland, passim. (f) 



DROITWICH. See WOIK ESTER. 



DROME, is the name of one of the departments of 

 the south of France, and derives its name from the 

 river Drome, by which it is traversed, it Mas formed 

 out of the Valentinois, the Diois, and the Tricastin. It 

 is bounded on the north by the department of the Isert-; 





