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thur has acknowledged Zurich for its fovereign. It is go- 

 verned, however, by a magiftracy and police of its own. 

 The government is ariftocratical ; the fupremc power, in all 

 things not interfering with the claims of Zurich, refiding in 

 the Great and Little council, in all criminal proceedings 

 thefe two tribunals unite, and pafs fentence of death without 

 appeal. In civil caufes, an appeal lies from the Little to 

 the Great council. In all cafes refpefting the burghers, 

 appeals may be carried from the town-court to the council 

 of magiftracy, and no farther ; but if either of the parties 

 be a foreigner, an appeal lies from the council to the fenate 

 of Zurich. A bailiff from this latter place likewife refides 

 here, but without any authority over the town, excepting 

 that of afiifting at the ceremony of an annual homage paid 

 to Zurich by the burghers on St. Alban's day. In cafe of 

 a war, Winterthur furnifhes Zurich with 200 men, either 

 burghers or dependents, but to ferve under its own colours. 

 Except in the articles of filk manufacture, and the eftablilh- 

 ment of a printing-prefs fo profitable to Zurich, the com- 

 merce of Winterthur is under no reftraint. The principal 

 manufactures are, muflin, printed cottons, and cloth : it has 

 fome vitriol works ; and the earthen-ware made here, par- 

 ticularly the white, together with its painted ftoves, are in 

 great repute for their beauty and durablenefs. The town is 

 fmall, and the inhabitants, who are about 2000, are very in- 

 duflrious. The fchools are well endowed and regulated. 

 Ober Winterthur, or Upper Winterthur, is a fmall village 

 near the town, on the high road leading to Frauenfeld, on 

 the fcite of the ancient Vitodurum, which was a Roman 

 ftation. Here are found the foundations of ancient walls 

 and numerous Roman coins and medals. The caftle of 

 Kyburgh, feated on an eminence overlooking Winterthur, 

 is a pifturefque objeft ; 14 miles N.E. of Zurich. 



WINTERTON, a town of England, in Lincolnfhire ; 

 9 miles N.N.W. of Glanford Brigs. — Alfo, a town of 

 England, in the county of Norfolk, near the coall. The 

 market is difcontinued ; 7 miles N. of Yarmouth. 



WiNTERTON Nefs, z cape on the E. coaft of the county 

 of Norfolk, on which is a light-houfe ; 10 miles N. of Yar- 

 mouth. N. lat. 52° 44'. E. long. 1° 41'. 



WINTFELDEN, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Upper Rhine ; 10 miles S.W. of Colmar. 



WINTHAG, a town of Auftria ; 6 miles N.E. of 

 Freyftadt. 



WINTHROP, a poft-town of the province of Maine, 

 in the county of Kennebeck, with 1444 inhabitants ; 57 

 miles N. of Portland. 



WiNTiiROi''j Bay, a bay on the N. coaft of Antigua. 



WINTON, a county of United America, in the ftate of 



South Carolina Alfo, a poft-town of North Carolina ; 30 



miles E. of Halifax. 



WINTONI^ RoTULus. See Rotulus. 



WINTZENBERG, in Geography, a town of Silefia, in 

 the principahty of Neifle ; 5 miles S.E. of Grotkau. 



WINTZENHEIM, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Upper Rhine ; 3 miles W. of Colmar. 



WINTZIG, a town of Silefia, in the principality of 

 Wohlau ; 9 miles E.N.E. of Steinau. N. lat. 51° 27'. 

 E. long. 16^ 36'. 



WINWEILER, a town of France, in the department 

 of Mont Tonnerre ; 24 miles N.E. of Deux Fonts. 



WINWOOD, Sir Ralph, in Biography, a ttatefman in 

 the reign 01 James I., was born at Aynho in Northampton- 

 (hire, aoout the year 15^4., educated at St. John's college, 

 Oxford, and having paiT.d through feveral ftages of prefer- 

 ment, wa5c'nofen proftor of the univerfity in 1592. After 

 having iuftaiiied feveral diplomatic charafters and miffions. 



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he was made fecretary of ftate in 1614, which office he 

 occupied till his death in 161 7. " He was married, and 

 left one fon. Sir Ralph was an accomplifhed gentleman, 

 well acquainted with bufinefs, and particularly converfant 

 with commercial and mihtary affairs." A work, intitled 

 " Memorials of Aff"airs of State in the Reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth and King James I., coUefted chiefly from the 

 Original Papers of the Right Honourable Sir Ralph Win- 

 wood, Knt. &c. &c." was publiihed in 1725 by Edmund 

 Sawyer, efq. in 3 vols, fol., and contained a valuable record 

 of the political tranfaftions of thofe times. Biog. Brit. 



WINYAH, in Geography, a county of South Carolina. 



WINZAH Harbour, a bay on the coaft of South 

 Carolina, a little to the N. of the mouth of the Santee. N. 

 lat. 33- 12'. 



WINZE R, a towm of Bavaria, on the Danube ; 9 miles 

 S.S.E. of Deckendorf. 



WIOCHIST, among the Indian Natives of Virginia, 

 is their prieft, who is alfo generally their phyfician ; and 

 is the perfon in the greatelt honour amongft them, next 

 to their king, or great war- captain. Phil. Tranf. N° 454. 

 fed. I. 



WIOGRODEK, in Geography, a town of Poland, in 

 Volhynia ; 14 miles E.S.E. of Kreminiek. 



WIP, a town of Pruffia, on the Curifch Half; 23 miles 

 S.W. of Tilfit. 



WIPACH, a town of the duchy of Carniola ; 5 miles 

 S. of Hydria. 



WIPE, a town of Pruffia, in the province of Smaland ; 

 28 miles N.E. of Konigfberg. — Alfo, a river of Pruffia, 

 which runs into the Curifch Haff', 10 miles E.N.E. of 

 Labiau. 



WIPFELN, a town of the duchy of Wurzburg ; 5 

 miles N.N.W. of Volckach. 



WIPPELSPACH, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 17 

 miles S.W. of Voitfberg. 



WIPPER, a river of Germany, which rifes in the county 

 of Mark, about 6 miles S.S.W. of Lunfchede, paffes by 

 Wipperfurt, Elberfeld, Solingen, &c. and runs into the 

 Rhine, between Cologn and Zons. — Alfo, a river of Thu- 

 ringia, which rifes 2 miles N. of Dingelftadt, and runs into 

 the Unrtrutt, 4 miles N.E. of Kindelbrucken. — Alfo, a 

 river of Pomerania, which runs into the Baltic below 

 Rugervvalde. — Alfo, a river of Saxony, which runs into the 

 Saal, near Bernberg. 



WIPPERAU, a river of Weftphalia, which runs into 

 the Ilmenau, near Ultzen. 



WIPPERFURT, a town of the duchy of Berg; 27 

 miles S.E. of Dufleldorf. N. lat. 51° 5'. E. long. 



7° 27'- 



WIPPINGEN, a town of Switzerland, in the canton of 

 Friburg ; 12 miles S.S.W. of Friburg. 



WIPPRA, a town of Weftphalia, in the county of 

 Mansfeld, on the Wipper ; 10 miles W.N.W. of Eifz- 

 leben. N. lat. 51° 30'. E. long. 11° 30'. 



WIRBEN, a town of Weftphalia, late in the Old Mark 

 of Brandenburg, on the left fide of the Elbe ; 1 2 miles N. 

 of Stendal. 



WIRBENTHAL. See Wurbenthal. 



WIRDOIS, a town of Sweden, in North Finland ; 6^ 

 miles N.N.E. of Biorneborg. 



WIRE, in the Mechanic Arts, is a very ufeful prepara- 

 tion of different metals, in form of a regular and even thread, 

 which can be obtained in very great lengths, and of any re- 

 quired Cze or Ihape. 



Wire is made of any duftile metal, as platina, gold, filver, 

 copper, brafs, zinc, iron, or fteel. The procefs of making 



wire 



