NEVERS, a town of France, and principal place of the department of the Nievre. The town is situated at the junction of the Nievre and the Loire, both of which are crossed by bridges. One half of the fine stone bridge over the Loire was carried away many years ago, and is replaced by one of wood, which existed in 1814. The part of the stone bridge which remains is hand some, and has six arches, through which no water runs. The wooden half consists of ten arches. There is a bridge of three arches over the Nievre, which runs with great obliquity into the Loire. The principal public buildings are, the cathedral church, and the palace of the ancient dukes of Nivernois. The church is a large and elegant Gothic building. The large tower is a piece of fine Gothic architecture, ascended by 372 steps, and it has at cach angle hexagonal buttresses, highly or namet.ted with statues. The body of the church is con nected with three side aisles by 23 flying buttresses. The choir is adorned with eight pieces of tapestry. On
the floor of the house is a fine meridian line and dial, the hour upon which is indicated by the light which passes through an aperture in the wall.
The ancient Ducal Palace, now the Nlaierie, and the Palace of Justice, is a tolerably neat building, with two towers at each end, and one in the middle, with seven rier of windows. The coats of arms upon it were all broken off during the revolution. The former residence of the bishop was, in 1814, that of the prefect of the department, and is a handsome building. Besides th-: buildings mentioned, there is an hospital, barracks, a lofty gate, and the church of St. Peter's. The convent of St. Mary is a quadrangular building with a square court. The boasted manufactory of enamel at Nevcrs is nothing more than the blowing of glass toys with the blow-pipe. There is a foundry of cannon about two miles to the east of the town. Population 10,150.