BT1KFOBO 



STIRLING. 



[NoRTHAJirroNsujuit] 



Infanl, and Fra* schools. The SUmfor.l, Rutland, and Gi-nend 

 Infirmary, crrotcd in 1824, in consequence of a bequest by ll.-nry 

 trirr. EM., surgeon in Stamford, aud which hu since received 

 WTccml valuable additional endowments, had an income in 1851, from 

 all source*, of ISIS/. St. The cost of the building, amounting to 

 upward* of HOOOt, waa defrayed chiefly by public subscription. In 

 the town are numerous endowed ho*pitahs aluishouaea, and other 

 charities, a literary and scientific Institution, with a niiueum, lecture- 

 room, library, Ac., and a savings bank. There are three extensive 

 breweries, and a manufactory of agricultural implement*. Near the 

 Qrammar school is a Norman gateway, anciently belonging to Brase- 

 Doee College, one of the monastic schools, and now forming an eutrnucc 

 Into a garden. The markets are on Monday and Friday; that on 

 Friday is a good corn-market ; there are several cattle-marketa in the 

 eourae of the year, and seven yearly fain. Fat stock market* are 

 held once a fortnight The Welland, or rather a lateral cut to the 

 natural bed of the river, is navigable up to the town for boats and 

 small bargee The public baths, established in 1722 by the medical 

 practitioners of Stamford, were rebuilt in 1823 by tho present pro- 

 prietor, the Marquis of Exeter. Quarter sessions and a county court 

 are held. 



STAMFORD. [COSNECTICTTT.] 



STAMPOKD BARON. [NoRT 



8TANDGROUND. 



STAN DISH. [LANCASHIRE.] 



8TANDON. [HKRTFORDSHIHE.] 



STANFORD RIVERS. [Essex.] 



STANHOPE. [DCRHA*, County of.] 



STANLEY. [PERTHSHIRE.] 



STANMORE, GREAT. [MIDDLESEX] 



BTANSTED MONTFICHET. [ ESSEX.] 



8TAPENHILL. IDiRBYSBiRE.] 



8TAPLKFORD. [NoTTisaUAMsmiiE,] 



8TAPLEHURST. [KENT.] 



8TARAJA-RUSSA. [Novaonaal 



STARCROSa [DEVONSHIRE.] 



8TARGARD. [MECKLENBURG.] 



8TARKENBURG. [HESSE DARMSTADT,] 



8TARODAB. [C/ERsiaor.] 



8TASZOW. [POLAND.] 



STATE N ISLAND. [NEW YORK.] 



STAVANGER. [CHRISTIASSAND.] 



STANK LEY. [DERBYSHIRE.] 



STAVOREN. [FRIEBLAMD.] 



STAVROPOL, [SIMBIRSK.] 



BTEBB1NQ. [ESSEX.] 



8TEELE, or STEYLE. [DUsSELDORF.] 



STEFANO D'AVETO, SAN. [GENOA.] 



STEINBACH. [FuLDA.] 



8TKINFURT. [MONSTER.] 



8TKLLENBOSCH, [CAPE OP GOOD HorE.] 



STENUAL. [MAODEBORO.] 



8TEPNITZ, RIVER. [BRANDENIIURU.] 



STERNBERO. [MORAVIA.] 



STETTIN, one of the three governments of the Prussian province 

 of Pomerania, is bounded N. by the government of Stralsund and 

 the Baltic ; E. by the government of (.'oslin ; S. by Brandenburg ; and 

 W. by Mecklenburg. The area is about 5012 square miles. The 

 population at the end of 1849 was 562,127. The surface is level. It 

 belongs almost entirely to the basin of the Oder, which river falls 

 into toe Stcttiner-Hmff, a wide salt-lake that communicates with the 

 Baltic by three narrow channels. The principal of these channels is 

 the Hwiiie, which runs between the island of Utedom and Wullin. 

 The other channels are the Pttne, west of Usedom, and the Direr- 

 90*, east of Wollin Island. To the north of the island is the 

 harbour of Swlnemunde. Agriculture and the Baltic fishery afford 

 occupation to the great mass of the inhabitants. There are few 

 manufactures except in the towns. Railways connect Stettin, the 

 capital of the government, with Berlin, Poscn, Danzig, and Kouigs- 

 1 r.-. 



m, or A ll-Stettin, the capital of the province of Pomerania, as well 

 as of the government of Stettin, a flourishing commercial and strongly 

 fortified town, is situated In 63 26' N. lat., 14 45' E. long., on an 

 eminence on the left bank of the Oder, 78 miles by railway N.E. 

 from Berlin, and has about 40,000 inhabitants. The Oder divides into 

 four branches, the Parnitz, and the Great and the Little Regelitz, 

 and tho main stream. The principal and most strongly fortified part 

 of the town is on the left bank of the Oder, and is connected by 

 wooden bridges with the suburbs, some of which are included in the 

 fortification.. The citadel is called Fort Prussia, besides which there 

 are forts William and Leopold. The town has five principal gates 

 and eight posterns. There are several squares. Of tho public build- 

 ings, the most remarkable are the palace, formerly tho residence of 

 the hut Dukes of Pomerania, the government-house, the arsenal, the 

 house of the provincial estates, with a considerable library, the great 

 barrack*, the three hospitals, aud tho theatre. There are five churches 

 and a Roman Catholic chapel. Besides tho gymnasium, to which on 

 observatory is attached, there are a school for training teachers, 



and a school of navigation. The manufactures are woollens, linen, 

 cotton, leather, hats, stocking*, ribands, sail-cloth, soap, anil t- 

 Boats and ships are built, and ."hips' anchors for all the ships of thu 

 Prussian state* are manufactured here. Tho trade of .Stettin i- 

 very considerable, it is hampered however, as the commerce of nil 

 tho Baltic ports is, by the Sound due?, which render the conveyance 

 of goods more expensive, and the ships have not always return 

 cargoes. Thus many goods which would naturally bo exported t'n>m 

 Stettin are sent to Hamburg. Another disadvantage is the difficult 

 navigation of the Oder, ships drawing more than 7 feet water being 

 obliged to stop at Swiuemiinde. Foreign goods and colonial produce 

 for the supply of Berlin, Silesia, and the interior of Prussia arc 

 imported into Stettin. The number of ships that arrive here annually 

 is above 1 000. Foreign consuls reside in Stettin. 



Among the other towns are ANKLAM : Damn, 4 miles by railway 

 10. from Stettin, is a strongly-fortified town, with about 3000 inhabit- 

 ants : DeiMnin, 72 miles N.W. from Stettin, at the junction of the 

 Tollense and the Trebel with the Pcene, is a manufacturing town of 

 7000 inhabitants, who carry on a considerable commerce in firewood, 

 timber, corn, glass, malt, Jto., by the Peene, which is navigable for 

 small craft. Leather, linen, gloves, woollen-cloth, and tobacco are its 

 chief industrial products : Qreiffenhttgen, S. of Stettin, on the right 

 bank of the Oder, has a population of 6000, who manufacture broad- 

 cloth, and trade in corn : Stargard. situated 21 miles by railway 10.S. 10. 

 from Stettin, on the left bank of the navigable river Ihna, a feeder of 

 the Oder, has 11,500 inhabitants, including the suburbs. It is one of 

 the best towns in Pomerania; is surrounded with a wall, and has 

 three gates and three posterns. The chief manufactures are woollen- 

 cloth, linen, hats, stockings, leather, soap, tobacco, pottery, beer, and 

 spirits. There are in the town four churches, a gymnasium, and 

 several schools and charitable institutions. Fain are held annually 

 for the sale of horses and cattle, wool, linen, &c. The town has a 

 good export trade in corn and the other productions of the country. 

 Stcinemunde, a seaport town of about 5000 inhabitants, situated on 

 the island of Usedom, at the entrance of the Swine Channel of the 

 Oder into the Baltic, has sea baths, a custom-house, a handsome church, 

 shipbuilding-yards, and a considerable trade. By means of extensive 

 dams constructed in recent times, the harbour of Swlneomude, 

 which is the outport of Stettin, has been made accessible to the 

 largest ships. Steamers ply regularly to Stettin, the isle of Rugen, 

 and other places along the coast : Treptow, situated on the left bank 

 of the Rego, 57 miles N.N.E. from Stettin, has spirit distilleries, cloth 

 factories, and 5500 inhabitants : Alt-Treptow, a walled town on the 

 Tollense, has about 4000 inhabitants, who manufacture broadcloth, 

 leather, and spirits. 



STEUBERVILLE. [OHIO.] 



STEVENAGE. [HERTFORDSHIRE.] 



8TEVENTON. [BERKSHIRE.] 



STEWARTON, Ayrshire, Scotland, a thriving manufacturing town, 

 in the parish of Stewarton, ia pleasantly situated on the right bank of 

 the Annock Water, in 55" 40' N. lat, 4 31' W. long., distant miles 

 N. by W. from Kilmarnock, and 18 miles S.S.W. from Glasgow. The 

 population of the town in 1851 wag 3164. The town is lighted with 

 gas, and contains many well-built houses and good shops. 1 

 the parish church, there are places of worship for Free and United 

 Presbyterians and for Independents. There are schools and libraries 

 in connection with the parish, tho Free and the United Presby- 

 terian churches. Highland bonnets are extensively manufactured. 

 There are mills for cording and spinning wool. The town has al.so 

 long been celebrated for its manufacture of spindles employed in the 

 spinning of cotton and worsted. Carpets are extensively manufac- 

 tured, and linens and damasks are woven. Steel clock-work is manu- 

 factured and exported to a small extent. The market i.s held 011 

 Thursday. There are a town-house and a jail. 



STEYER. [Ess.] 



STKYKHMARK. [SiTWA.] 



STEYNING, Sussex, a market-town, and the seat of a Poor-Law 

 Union, in the parish of Steyuing, is situated near the right bank of 

 the river Adur, in 50 53' N. lat., 19' W. long., distant 27 miles 

 K. by N. from Chiohester, and 50 miles S.S.W. from London. The 

 population of tho parish of Steyuing in 1851 was 1464. The living is 

 a vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester. Steyuing 

 Poor-Law Union contains 23 parishes and townships, with an urea of 

 44,344 acres, and a population in 1851 of 16,867. Tho ancient road 

 of Stone-street passed through the town, whence its name. Steyuiug 

 is a borough by prescription, but was disfranchised by the Reform 

 Act. The parish church, with the exception of the nave, is a modern 

 building. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel. Tho Free 

 Grammar school, founded in 1614, had 36 scholars in 1854. There 

 are a National school and a mechanics institution. A porch mi ut 

 manufactory and two breweries aflord some employment. The market 

 is held once a fortnight, on Monday, for cattle and corn; a cattle 

 fair is held on October llth. 



STIOLIANO. [BASILICATA.] 



STILTON. [HUNTINGDONSHIRE.] 



STIRLING, Stirlingshire, Scotland, a royal and parliamentary 

 burgh and market-town, and the chief town of the county, is situated 

 on on eminence near the right bank of the river Forth, in 56 8' N. lat. 



