4. In the fourth arrondissement tha chief town is SEsts. Pont-cur Yonne, a station on the railway to Paris, 7 miles from Sens, is on the left bank of the Yonne, aver which there is a handsome bridge. The population, which numbers about 2000, manufactures tiles,' leather, and coarse woollen-cloth, and carries on trade in the wine of the district, corn, and cattle. Villeneuve-la-Ouyard, in the north-west of the department on the left bauk of the Yonne,14 miles by railway from Sens, on the road to Montoreau and Paris, has a population of about 2000. i'i1leaeare•rdrcAerlque, situated in a fertile plain, 14 miles from Sens, on the Vanne, has four yearly fairs ; a considerable trade in wool, hemp, and woollen-stuffs; manufactories of coarse woollen *loth, tan-yards. and tan- and fulling-mills.
5. In the fifth arrondissement the chief town is Tonnerre, which is a station on the Paris-Lyon railway, and is built on the slope of a hill on the left bank of the Armancon, over which there is a stone bridge : population, 4510. The Canal de Bourgogne passes near the town, which is well laid out and well built with houses of atone. The parish church of St.-Pierre and the magnificent hospital, founded and endowed by Marguerite de Bourgogne, sister-in-law of St. Louis, are built on a rock above the town, and are remarkable structures. The church of the hospital is of large dimensions and remarkable for the bold architecture of its vaulted roof, which is not supported by pillars. The town has a college, a theatre, a fine public walk, saw-mills, tan yards, curriera'-shops, and corn-mills; paper-hangings and agricultural implements are manufactured ; and trade is carried on m corn, wine, wood, and earthenware. There are seven yearly fairs. At Tanlay, the
first station on the railway S.E. from Tounerre, some trade is carried on In iron goods and other articles, and there are three yearly fairs. Aney-le-Franc, which is 9 miles farther along the eamo railway, has couiiderable ironworks, a glass-house, a pottery, and a saw-mill. Xuyers, in the valley of the Serein, which is inclosed by bills covered with vineyards, has an hospital, and about 1800 inhabitants, who manufacture serge, coarse linen, striped linens, cottons, and woollens, horsecloths, hosiery, bleached wax, wax and tallow candles, leather, and combs ; and trade in corn, wine, and wool. The town which was taken by Edward III. in 1359, and suffered much in the religious ware of the 16th century, is surrounded by walls flanked with well-built towers of cut-stone.
The department forms the archiepiscopal diocese of Sens-et Auxerre. The department is in the jurisdiction of the Imperial Court and within the limits of the University-Academy of Dijon, and is included in the let Military Division, the head-quarters of which are at Paris. It returns 3 members to the Legislative Chamber of the French empire.
(Malta Brun ; Vayese de Villiers; Dictionnaire de la France ; D'An vine, SIotiatique de la France ; Official Papers.)