STETTIN, a town of Russia, and the capital of Pomerania, is situated on an eminence upon the left bank of the Oder, about sixty miles from the Baltic. It is connected by a long bridge over the largest of the four streams into which the Oder is here divided, with Lastadie a part of the town. It has three suburbs, five gates, and several squares. The largest of these is a fine square containing a pedestrian statue of Frederic II. by Schadow. Many of the houses in the town are very elegant, and some ap proaching even to palaces. The principal public buildings arc the castle, the government house, the arsenal, the barracks, the exchange, the public library, the theatre, the hospitals, an academical gymnasium, a school of navigation, and five parish churches. The gymnasium is conducted by several professors, with assistants, who give lectures in theology, philo sophy, medicine, law, mathematics, and languages both ancient and modern.
The principal manufactures of Stettin are woollen, linen, and cotton goods, leather, soap, tobacco, ships' anchors, ships and boats. Stettin is the outlet of the manufactures of Silesia, and also part of Brandenburg and Poland, and hence it enjoys a very considerable trade. Its exports are chiefly grain and timber.
The wheat is inferior to that of Dantzic and Elbing, but it is cheaper. The oak timber and stone of Pomerania are much esteemed. The imports are coffee, sugar, dycwood, rice, rum, cotton-wool, and Buenos Ayres hides. In 1816 the number of ships engaged in the export trade were 984, and in the im port trade 131 I. All vessels which draw above seven feet of water are obliged to load and unload at Swine munde, a small town situated at the mouth of that branch of the Oder, which is called the Swine.
The country round Stettin is delightful, and the lofty shore of one side of the Oder affords charming views. In the river, which now widens and now con tracts its channel, are several islands both above and below the town, which increase the charms of the prospect. The population of Stettin is 26,000, and it publishes Journals. East Long. 14° 45' 45". North Lat. 53° 25' 36".