GOs 839 GOT 
finest Swiss scenery; while on the,south, the plain  diture of £5000. The following is an abstract of the Cone, 
~ country exhibits ail the beauties of an, [talian climate. - ulation of the town of Gosport for 1811. G 
The district of Goritz contributes annually along with Inhabited houses) . . 6 0. 4 «© + e+) 1489 gt 
Gradisca; an: insignificant town, 41,502 florins to the Number of families. . 0.040. + «6 «+ + 1614 
maintenance of the army. ‘The country produces wine, Families employed in trade . . . . + « 385 
- fruits, silk, and corn. ulation 12,000. ting Males 34. vayinsie onde aa! iyay, senarmwite oe tatu | 3483 
. GORLITZ is a town of Germany in Upper Lusatia, Females... 60. ee ee ee + 4805 
It is situated on the river Neisse. Besides thecathedral, Total population . . 7788 
there are two churches within the walls, and three with- See to the 
out.. The organ is reckoned the finest in Europe, next to 
that of Haarlem. The great spire, the chapel of St George 
cut out of the rock, the public library, and the collections 
of the Society of Sciences of Upper Lusatia, are worthy 
the notice of strangers. The mountains of Gorlitz near 
the village of Konigshayn, about 4 miles from the town, 
are of vast masses of granite ; on one of which, 
a lofty ite column has been erected to the memory 
of M. Von Schachman, the proprietor of Konigshayn. 
Numerous fragments ofgraniteare scattered around these 
mountains.. On the road from Gorlitz to Konigshayn, 
is situated the once celebrated holy sepulchre. | It is an 
exact ntation of that which was shewn in Pales- 
tine in the 15th century. The baths of Liebwerda, 
about five miles from Gorlitz, are generally visited by 
strangers. Gorlitz has long been celebrated as a flourish- 
ing manufacturing town. Cloth is fabricated here in great 
quantities ; and during the last 20 years, considerable im- 
vements have been made, particularly in the quality of 
article, by the attention which is paid to the breed of 
sheep, and the importation of Spanish rams. Linen and 
cotton stuffs ddaealameperbedictentionn here. Population 8500. 
- GOSPORT, isa seaport town of England, in Hamp- 
shire, situated on the west side of Portsmouth Harbour. 
This town, which flourishes particularly in times of war, 
consists of a principal street extending westward from 
the harbour to the fortification, with the obstruction 
only of the market-house, and of other streets. parallel 
to the principal one, and crossed by various streets of a 
smaller size. Different ranges of buildings stretch also 
the shore and near the fortification. Gosport is 
fortified on the land side by a line of bastions, counter- 
scarps, &c. which extend from Weovil to Alverstoke 
Lake. The king’s brewery and cooperage, with store- 
houses for wine, malt, and hops, are within the works 
on the Weovil side. The new barracks are also on the 
Weovil side. Gosport is a chapelry to the village of 
Alverstoke. The ch stands to the south of the 
town, in a well.wooded cemetery. It is a large build- 
ing, neatly fitted up. There is also here a Roman Ca- 
tholic chapel, and a meeting-house for the Dissenters, 
“who have an academy for the education of young cler- 
' gymen, under the management of Dr Bogue. ‘There 
are at Gosport several eharity-schools, an alms-house, 
and a large and airy work-house for the poor. The 
principal manufactures here are an iron foundery, and 
se breweries. A neat theatre has been erected at 
is town communicates with the sea by means of a 
large bason and canal, with extensive quays, where ves- 
= of pane or size can take in their stores, Ferry-~ 
ts are constantly passing and repassing across the 
harbour between Gosport and Portsinouth. 
Near Gosport is situated the royal hospital at Hasler, 
forthe reception of sick and w seamen, which was 
erected between 1746 and 1762. It stands within 400 
yards of the extremity of the point of Jand which lies 
to the west of the entrance to Portsmouth harbour. 
The front is about 567 feet long, and it has two 
wings, each of which is about 562 feet long. It can 
accommodate 2000 patients, and has an annual expen~ 
arner’s Topographical Remarks relating t 
South-western parts of ampshire ; and the Beatties of 
England and Wailes, vol. vi. p. 310. 
OSSLAR, is a large town of my ee situated 
on the river Gose. The magnitude of this town forms 
a very singular contrast with its population, which does 
not exceed 6000, the number of houses being no fewer 
than about 1500... The cathedral church of Gosslar 
is the only remarkable building which the town con- 
tains. It s the altar of Crothos, one of the dei- 
ties of the ancient Saxons, who sacrificed to it infants. 
It was brought from Harzburg, and is considered as a 
genuine piece of antiquity by the antiquarians of the 
town. It is a brass chest, perforated on every side, so 
that the flames could strike through to consume the 
victims which lay upon it. There is also here a Chris~ 
tian altar, encircled with large metallic columns. It 
was found at Harzburg, and is regarded as a monument 
of the heathen ages in Saxony. This town is celebrated 
for its excellent beer called Gose. There are seven dif- 
ferent species of it, the best of which is called Beste. 
Krug. It is a very spirituous drink, and tastes more of 
wine than of beer. There are here also manufactories 
for vitriol, paper, and fishing-nets. 
GOTHA, anciently Grimmestein, and afterwards 
Friedenstein, is a town of Germany in U Saxony, 
situated on an eminence near the Leine, which supplies 
the town with water, conveyed to it in stone canals. 
Gotha is one of the handsomest towns of Thuringia. 
The Ducal Palace stands on a height above the town, 
and contains a museum of natural history, a library, 2 
cabinet of medals, and a splendid collection of prints, 
paintings, geographical charts, and mathematical «nd 
wc er instruments. This excellent collection, which 
as been recently enlarged by that of M. Lichtenberg, 
has been long ago minutely described by Keysler. 
At that time the Ducal library consisted of about #0,090 
printed volumes, and 2000 manuscripts. The cabinet 
of medals, which is particularly valuable, has been long 
ago described by M. Liebe, in his Gotha nunmaria, 
and more recently by M. Schlichtegroll, in his Hisizria 
Numothece Gothane, Gotha, 1799. The Dueal Palace 
has recently undergone great rej Opto my particular. 
ly in the grand terrace, which has been compared to 
iat of Windsor. The English garden of the Duke is 
worthy of being visited, and the. small island, planted 
with weeping willows and birches, which contains the 
tombs of Ernest and Charlotte, the children of the reign- 
ing Duke. A column of granite, surmounted by an urn : 
of white marble, is placed near the tomb. The gar. 
den of the Duchess, containing the monument of Ma. 
_dame de Buchwald, and busts of Newton, Leibnitz, 
and Kepler; the buildings of the Orangerie; and the 
hotel of Prince Augustus, the brother of the Duke, are 
also objects of some interest.. The other public buildings 
are the arsenal, the two churches, called Kios/er und 
Neumarkis Kirchen; the last of which contains the tombs 
of several of the Saxe-Gotha princes; an hospital for 
soldiers, two-schools for the children of soldiers, a pub- 
lic college, a gymnasium with a good library, the pub- 
lic library, the house of correction, and an hospital for + 
widows, and another for orphans. 
