The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 569, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 569 Volume XX., No. 569. Saturday, October 6, 1832 Author: Various Release Date: November 10, 2004 [EBook #14007] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [pg 209] THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XX., NO. 569.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1832. [PRICE 2d. LISBON. LISBON. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, was called by the ancients Ulyssippo, and the foundation is fabulously ascribed to Ulysses. The situation is grand, on the north bank of the river Tagus, in lat. 38° 42-1/3′ N., lon. 9° 8-1/3′ W. The harbour, or rather road, of Lisbon, is one of the finest in the world; and the quays are at once convenient and beautiful. On entering the river, and passing the forts of St.