Sleaford, New,a town in Linco nshire,Eng. with
a market on Monday. It is a wd.l built and flour-
ishing town, and contains a handsome Gothic
church, 113 m. N. ofLondon. The hamletofOld
Sleaford is about a mile distant.

Sleswick, a duchy of the Danish dominions,
hounded N. by Jutland, S. by Holstein, and E. and
W. by the sea. It is about 72 m. long and from
30 to 56 broad. Having no mountains, and few
elevations entitled to the name of hills, most parts
of it are fit for tillage. The prodijcts are wheat,
oarley, oats, rye, hemp, flax, &c. It has good
pasture, on which are bred horses and horned cat-
tle. Woolen and linen are the chief manufac-
tures, which are carried on, not in collective es-
tablishments, but in the cottages of the manufac-
turers. Fishing forms a considerable occupation
on the coast ,as well as in the arms of the sea.

Sleswick, the capital of the foregoing duchy,
is a long irregular town. The houses are
chiefly of wood, and few are more than one sto-
ry high, but very neat. The inhabitants dress
like the Dutch ; and many of them speak their
tongue, though the usual languages are the Ger-
man and Danish. The buildings most worthy of
notice are the cathedal, with its altar and the
monuments of the princes, the five churches, the
town-house, the orphan-house, and the nunnery
of' St. John. Near the city is the old ducal pal-
ace of Gottorp. Sleswick hag manufactures of re-
fined sugar, earthenware, leather, and sail-cloth,
and is situate on the N. side of an arm of the
Baltic, called the Sley, 60 m. N. W. of Lubec,
and 125 S. W. of Copenhagen. Long. 9. 40. E.,
lat. 54. 35. N.

Sligo, a county of Ireland, in the province of
Connaught, 39 miles long and nearly as
broad ; bounded on the E. by Leitrim, S. E. by
Roscommon,S. W. and W. by Mayo,and N. by the
Atlantic. It is divided into 39 parishes, con-
tains about 269 square miles with 146,29 inhabi-
tants, and sends three members to parliament.
The soil is in general fertile, but rather boggy
towards the coast.

Sligo, a borough of Ireland, capital of the pre-
ceding county, and a place of considerable trade,
seated near the mouth of a river which flows
from Lough Gill into the bay of $ligo, 42 miles
N. by W. of Roscommon and 100 N. W. of Dub-
lin. Long. 9.18. W., lat 54.15. N.

Slippery Rock, a township of Butler Co. Pa. A
township of Mercer Co. Pa. both on a creek of
the same name.

Sloan,viUe, p.v. Schoharie Co. N. Y. 48 m. W.
Albany.

Slonim, a town of Rusian Lithuania, in the
government of Grodno, with a castle, seated on
the Sezraa, 40 miles S. W. of Novogrodeck and
60 S. E. of Grodno. Long. 24. 57. E., lat. 53.
0. N.

Sloten, a fortified town of the Netherlands, in
Friesland, seated on the rivulet Ee, which flows
into the Zuider Zee, 8 miles E. of Staveren, and
20 S. S. W. of Lewarden.

Sluck, a town of Russian Lithuania, in the gov-
ernment of Minsk, with three Greek churches ;
seated on the river Sluck, 52 miles S. of Minsk.
Long. 27. 54. E., lat. 52. 30. N.

Sluys, a town of Belgium in Flanders, oppo-
site the island of Cadsand, with a good harbour.
It has its name from its fine sluices, by which
the whole country may be laid under water. It
was taken by the Spaniards in 1587, retaken by
the Dutch in 1604, and taken by the French in
1794. 10 miles N. of Bruges. Leng. 3. 25. E..
lat. 51. 19. N.

Smaland, a province of Sweden, in Gothland,
lying between the Baltic and the province of
Halland. Its area, is 7,750 square miles : its pop-
ulation 315,000. It is well watered, both by riv-
ers and lakes, but great part of it consists of
marshes, heaths, and barren rocks. In some
parts are immense forests of pine and fir; and
the approach to the villages is announced by
groves of oak, beech, and birch, and numerous
plots of arable. Calmar is the capital.

Smalkalden, a town of Germany, in a district
of its name, belonging to Hssse-Cassel. It is
famous for the league entered into by the Luther-
ans, against the emperor, in 1531, to defend their
religion and liberties. It has a fine castle on a
mountain, and in the vicinity are salt-pits and
mines of iron. It stands on a river of the same
name, which flows into the Werra, 25 miles S. W
of Erfurt and 56 of Hesse-Cassel. Long. 10. 47.
E., lat. 50 45. N.

Smithport, p.v. McKean Co. Pa. 204 m. N. W.
Harrisburg.

Smith, a county of W. Tennessee. Pop. 21,492.
Carthage is the capital. A township of Washing-
ton Co. Pa. and Belmont Co. Ohio.

Smithfield, ph. Providence Co. R. I. 9 m. N.
W. Providence. Pop. 3,994. Here are manu-
factures of cotton, paper, muskets, sithes, &c.
Within the limits of the town are quarries of
limestone and whetstone ; ph. Madison Co. N. Y.
Pop. 2,636. Towns and villages in Bradford
Somerset, Fayette, Northampton and Pike Cos.
Pa. Isle of Wight Co. Va. Johnson Co. N.
C. Jefferson Co. Ohio and Hopkins and Leving-
ston Co. Ken.

Smith Grove, p.v. Warren Co Ken.

Smithborough, p.v. Tioga Co. N. Y.

Smithtown, ph. Suffork Co. N. Y. on Long
Island. Pop. 1,686.

Smithville, a township of Chenango Co. N. Y.
Pop. 1,829 ; p.v. Jefferson Co. N. Y. 10. m.
from Sacketts Harbour ; p.v. Brunswick Co. N
C. near the mouth of Cape Fear River.

Smockville, p.v. Jefferson Co. Indiana.

Smolensk, a government of Russia, on the fron-
tiers of Lithuania. After having been an object
of contention, and reciprocally possessed by Po-
land and Russia, it was conquered by Alexay
Michaelovitch in 1654, and ceded to Russia by
the peace of Moscow in 1666. It contains an
area of 21,400 square miles with 1,050,000 inhab-
itants ; and is fertile in corn, hemp, and flax.
Horses, black cattle, and sheep, are numerous
The principal rivers are the Duna, Dnieper,
Desna, Sosha, Kasplia, and Viasma.

Smolensk, a city of Russia, capital of the
foregoing government, is situate on the Dnieper,
and extends over two mountains and the valley
between them. It is surrounded by walls 30 feet
high and 15 thick ; the lower part of stone, the
upper of brick, and their circumference 4 m. and
three quarters. The houses are mostly of wood
and only one story high, except a few, scattered
here and there, which are dignified with the title
of palaces. The city is divided, through its whole
length, by one straight paved street; the others
are circular, and floored with planks. The cath-
edral stands on an eminence, where there is a
view of the whole city. Notwithstanding its ex-
tent, it contains only about 13,000 inhabitants, and
has no considerable manufactures, but carries on
with Dantzic, Riga, and the Ukraine, a traffic in