Marietiburg, a town of Saxony, in the circle of
Erzgebirge, near which are mines of silver, iron,
vitriol, and sulphur. It is 35 m. S. W. of Dresden.

Mamestadt, a town of Sweden, capital of the
province of Scarborg, seated on the lake Wenner,

35. m. S. E. of Carlstadt,and 162 S. W. of Stock-
nolm. Long. 14. 25. E., lat. 58. 28. N.

Marienwerder, one of the two governments into
which W. Prussia is now divided. It is a long
tract, of very irregular form, lying N. of Poland
and S. of Pomerania and the government of Dant-
zic. Area 6,880 sq. m.

Marienwerder, a neat town of W. Prussia, cap-
ital of a government and circle, with a spacious
palace, built in the old Gothic style. The cathe-
dral is the largest church in the kingdom of Prus-
sia, being 320 feet long ; and by its strong breast-
works seems to have formerly served as a fortress.
In 1709, Peter the Great,and Frederic I. of Prussia,
had an interview at this place. It is seated near
the Vistula, 90 m. S. W. of Konigsberg. Long.

18. 52. E., lat. 53. 50. N.

Marietta, p.t. Washington Co. Ohio ; it is beau-
tifully situated at the confluence of the Muskin-
gum and Ohio, but is subjected to the incon-
venience of being annually overflowed by the
rising of the river. This town was the first set-
tlement of any consequence made in the state, yet
it is not a large place and of late years has rather
declined than increased. Pop. 1,914. Also vil-
lages, i.n Onondaga Co. N. Y. and Lancaster Co.
Pa. on the Susquehanna, 13 m. W. Lancaster.

Marignano, a town of Austrian Italy, in the
government of Milan, seated on the Lambro. 10
m. S. E. of Milan.

Marina, a town of Italy, in the papal states, with
a castle, 10 m. E. S. E. of Rome.

Marion, a District of S. Carolina. Pop. 11,208.
A county of Ohio. Pop. 6,558. Marion is the capi-
tal. A county of E. Tennessee Pop. 5,516. Jas-
per is the capital. A county of Alabama. Pop.
4,056. Pikeville is the capital. A county of Mis-
sissippi. Pop. 3,701. Columbia is the capital. A
county of Indiana. Pop. 7,181. Indianapolis is
the capital. A county of Illinois. Pop. 2,021.
Salem is the capital. A county of Missouri. Pop.
4,839. Palmyra is the capital.

Marion, p.t. Twiggs Co. Geo. 34 m. S. W. Mil-
ledgeville, p.v. Marion Co. Ohio, 48 m. N. W.
Columbus, p.v. Cole Co. Missouri, 145 m. W.
St. Louis.

Marissa. or Miritza, a river of Romania, which
flows by Philipopoii. Adrianople, and Eno, into
the Archipelago.

Mark, a territory of Prussian Westphalia, bound-
ed N. by the principality of Munster, E. by the
duchy Westphalia, and S. and W. by that of
Berg. Him is the capital.

Mark. SS..a sea-port and jurisdiction on the W.
side of St. Domingo. The town is one of the
pleasantest on the island; and the houses are
built of freestone, which is abundant in the neigh-
bouring coanty. It is situate on a bay of the same
name. 53 m. S. W. of Cape Francois. Long. 72.

40. W., lat. 19. 'A'. N. See also St Mark.

Marksborough. p.v. Sussex Co. N. J. 70 m. N.
Trenton.

MarksrUle, p.v. Avoyelles Parish, Lou.

Market, Jew. See .Marazion.

Marlborough, a borough in Wiltshire, Eng.
Here king John had a castle, in which a parlia-
ment was held in 1267, when the Statute ofMarle-
bridge for suppressing riots was enacted. The
town contains two churches, several meeting
houses, a free grammar school, a Lancasterian
school, &c. It is seated on the Kcnnet, 26 m. N
of Salisbury and 74 W. of London.

Marlborough, p.t. Cheshire Co. N. H. Pop. 822
p.t. Windham Co. Vt. 9 m. S. W. Brattleborough.
Pop. 1,218. p.t. Middlesex Co. Mass. 28 m. W
Boston. Pop. 2,074. p.t. Ulster Co. N. Y. on
the Hudson. 90 m. S. Albany. Pop. 2,272. p.t
Hartford Co. Conn. 17 in. S. E. Hartford. Pop.
704. Townships in Montgomery Co. Pa. and
Delaware Co. Ohio, and a village in Calvert Co.
Maryland, 45 m. S. Baltimore.

Marlborough, a District of S. Carolina on the
Great Pedee. Pop, 8,578.

Marlborough, East, and West, townships in
Chester Co. Pa. 30 m. S. W. Philad.

Marlborough, Upper, p.v. Prince George’s Co.
Maryland, on the W. branch of the Patuxent. 12
m. S. E. Washington.

Marlborough, Fort, an English factory, on the
"W⁷.^ coast of the island of Sumatra, 3 m. E. ot
Bencoolen.

Marlow, a borough in Buckinghamshire, Eng.
with a manufacture of black silk, lace, and pa-
per. It is seated near the Thames, over which is
a bridge into Berkshire, 17 m. N. of Aylesbury
and 31 W. of London.

Marlow, p.t. Cheshire Co. N. H. on Ashuelot,
river, 46 m. W. Concord. Pop. 645.

Marmande, a town of France, department of
Lot-et-Garonne, with a brisk trade in corn, wine
and brandy It is seated on the Garonne, 25
m. S. E. of Bordeaux. Long. 0. 11. E., lat. 44
20. N.    _f

Marmora, or White Sea, the ancient Propontis,
an inland sea between Europe and Asia, which
communicates with the Archipelago by the strait
of Gallipoli, and with the Black Sea by the strait
of Constantinople. It is 120 m. in length and 60
in breadth.

Marmora, an island in the above sea, 30 m. in
circumference, with a town of the same name.
Long. 27. 34. E., lat. 40.28. N.

Marne, a department of France, including part
of the former province of Champagne, and the
district of Brie. It takes its name from a river
which rises near Langres, and falls into the
Seine a little above Paris. Chalons is the capital.

Marne Upper, a department of France, includ-
ing the S. E. part of the province of Champagne
and Brie. Chaumont is the capital.

Maro, a town of the Sardinian states, in the
province of Oneglia, seated in a valley, 8 m. N.
W. of Oneglia.

Marples, a township of Delaware Co. Pa. 14.
m. W. Philadelphia.

Mar quart stein, a town of Bavaria, with an an-
cient castle, seated near the river Acha, 22 m. W
of Salzburg.

Marquesas, 5 islands in the Pacific Ocean, nam-
ed St. Christina, Magdalena, St. Dominica, St.
Pedro, and Hood The first four were discoverec
by Quiros in 1595, the last by Cook¹ in 1774 St.
Dominica is much the largest, about 48 m An cir
cuit. Captain Cook, in his second voyage, lay
some time at Christina, in long. 136. 9. W., anc
lat. 9. 55. S. It is high and steep, but has many
valleys, which widen towards the sea, and are
covered with fine forests to the summits ofthe in
terior mountains. The products of these islands
are breadfruit, bananas, plantains, cocoa-nuts^
scarlet beans, paper-mulberries (of the bark of
which their cloth is made), casuarinas, with other
tropical plants and trees. The inhabitants are
2 S