the London Mark Stone, which is the ancient
boundary to the jurisdiction of the city of London
on the Thames, and bears the date of 1280. 16
m. W. by S. of London.

Slalbridge, a town in Dorsetshire, Eng. with a
'considerable manufacture of stockings. Here is
an ancient cross of one stone, 21 feet high, on a
base of eight feet. 112 m. W. hy S. of London. ,

Staley, a village in Lancashire, 9 m. E. of Man-
chester, Eng. It is noted for weavers, dyers, and
pressers of woolen cloth, and has some share in
the cotton trade    '

Stamford, a borough in Lincolnshire, Eng.
One of its parishes, St. Martin’s, is situate in
Northamptonshire, but the greater part is built
on the side of a hill in Lincolnshire, and, when
approached from the S., presents an interesting
and picturesque appearance. The notable custom
of Borough English prevails here, by which the
younger sons inherit the lands and tenements of
the father dying intestate. 89 m. N. by W. of
London.

Stamford, a township of Bennington Co. Vt.
10 in. S. E. Bennington. Pop. 563; ph. Fairfield
Co. Conn. 20 m. S. W. Fairfield. Pop. 3.795 ; p.v.
Delaware Co. N. Y.

Stampalia, an island of the Grecian Archipela-
go, 12 m. long and 5 broad. It is destitute of
fresh water, and almost without inhabitants, 30
m. W. of Stanchio.

Stanchio, a fertile island of the Grecian Archip-
elago, near the coast of Natolia. It is the ancient
Cos, the birth place of Hippocrates and Apelles,
and is 25 m. long and 10 broad. It abounds with
cypress and turpentine trees, and a great variety
of medicinal plants. The- capital, of the same
name, is a bishop’s see; seated at the foot of a
mountain, at the bottom of a bay, and has a good
harbour defended by a castle. 40 m. N. W. of
Rhodes. Long. 26. 54. E., lat. 36 45. N.

Standon, a town in Hertfordshire, Eng. 27 m.
N. by E. of London.

Stanley, a town in Gloucestershire, Eng. 105
W. of London.

Slannardsville, p.v. Orange Co. Va. 70 m. W.
Fredericksburg.

Standish. ph. Cumberland Co. Me. on the Saco.
25 m. N. W. Portland.

Standford, ph. Dutchess Co. N. Y. 18 m. N.
E. Poughkeepsie. Pop. 2,511.

Stanford, p.v. Lincoln Co. Ken.

Stanhope, p.v. Sussex Co. N. J. 50 m. N. Tren-
ton.

Stantonsburg, p.v. Edgecumbe Co. N. C. 70 m.
E. Raleigh.    >

Stanz, a town of Switzerland, in the canton of
Underwalden. Near this place, in 1798, the
troops of the canton were totally defeated by the
French, who aftywards burnt the town and put
the inhabitants to the sword. It is seated in a
plain, at the foot of the StaDzberg, 8 m. S. E. of
Lucern and 38 E. of Bern.

Slam Rusa, a town of Russia, in the govern-
ment of Novogorod, on the river Polista, near the
lake Ilmen, 40 m. S. of Novogorod. Long. 33. 2.
E., lat. 57. 40. N.

Starenberg, a town and castle of Bavaria, near
the N. end of the lake Wurmsee, 14 m. S. W. of
Munich.

Stargard, a town of Germany, in the grand
duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, with a castle be-
longing to the prince, 10 m. N. by E. of Strelitz.

Stargard, New, a town of Prussian Pomerania,
with a college, fine manufactures of wool, and a
considerable trade. In 1758 it was taken by tne
Russians. It stands on the river Ilina, 20 m. E
of Stettin. Long. 15. 13. E., lat. 53. 26. N.

Stark, a county of Ohio. Pop. 26,784. Canton
is the capital.

Starkenburg, one of the three great divisions of
Hesse-Darmstadt, situate between the Rhine and
the Maine, and forming the southern part of the
grand duchy. Its extent is 1,060 Sfjuare m; its
population 200,000. Darmstadt is the capital.

Starks, ph. Somerset Co. Me. on the Kenne-
bec. 7 m. W Norridgewock. Pop. 1,471.

Starksborough, ph. Addison Co. Vt. Pop.
i,342.

Starr, a township of Hocking Co. Ohio.

Start Point, a promontory on the coast of Devon-
shire, 14 m. S. by W. of Dartmouth. Long. 3.
48. W., lat. 50. 13. N.

Stasfurt, a town of Prussian Saxony, in the
duchy of Magdeburg, with some good salt-works,
21 m. S. S. W. of Magdeburg.

Staten Island, an island of New York, 18 m.
long and 6 broad, which forms the county of
Richmond. On the S. side is a tract of level
land; but the island in general is rough and the
hills are high. Richmond is the chief town.

Staten Land. See Zealand, New.

Statesborough, ph. Bullock Co. Geo. 45 m. N.
W. Savannah.

Statesburg, ph. Sumter Dis. S. C. 30 m. S.
Camden.

Statesville, ph. Iredell Co. N. C. 130 m. W.
Raleigh.

Stauffen, a town of Germany, in Baden, situate
on the Mehlbach, 8 m. S. of Friburg.

Stauffenburg, a town and castle of Germany,
in Hesse-Darmstadt, situate on the Lohn, 5 m
N. N. E. of Giessen.

Staunton, p.v. Newcastle Co. Del. 6 m. S. W.
Wilmington; p.v. Augusta Co. Va., 120 m. N.
W. Richmond ; a township of Miami Co. Ohio.

Stavanger, a sea-port of Norway, in the gov-
ernment of Bergen. Near it is a fortress, called
Deswick. It is seated on a peninsula, 95 m. S.
of Bergen. Long. 5. 55. E., lat. 58. 58. N-

Stavtren, a town of the Holland in Friesland,
formerly a rich citv and sea-port, but now much
decayed, and the harbour choked up. The an-
cient kings of Friesland made it their ordinary
residence, and there remains enough of its for-
mer splendour to make it a considerable town
It has still some trade, especially in fishing, and
in passage-boats over ihe pools and lakes of the
neighbourhood. It is seated on the Zuyder Zee,
8 m. W. of Sloten and 17 N. E. of Enchuyserf.
Long. 5.13. E., lat. 52. 54. N.

Steenbergen, a town of Holland in N. Brabant,
formerly a strong place, with a convenient har-
bour ; but the sea has retired from it about 3 m ..
which, with the calamities it has suffered by war,
has reduced it to a poor town. It has a commu-
nication with the Meuse, and. is 7 m. N. of Ber-
gen op Zoom.

Steenkeer, a town of Norway, in the province of
Drontheirn, 36 miles N. E. of Drontheirn.

Steenkirk, a village of Belgium, in Hainault, fa-
mous for the victory obtained by the French over
William III. of England in 1692. It is 15 m. N.
of Mons.

Siege, a sea-port of Denmark, on tbe N. coast
of the isle of Mona, almost surrounded by a lake
42 m. S. by W. of Copenhagen. Long. 12. 15
E., lat. 55. 4. N.

Stegeburg, a sea-port of Sweden, in E. Goth