2. In the second arrondissement the chief town is Saverne, which was a post of some importance in the time of the Romans, who called it Tabernae. The town stands on the Zorn, at the eastern foot of a steep and high mountain, 27 miles N.W. from Strasbourg, and has 5733 inhabitants. The chief building is the former palace of the bishops of Strasbourg, who used to spend their summers here. The townsmen manufacture hardwares, hosiery, and leather; and there are some breweries. Severna has a subordinate court of justice, a college, and an hospital. Bourrviller, is a busy little place, with 3600 inhabitants, who are engaged in manufacturing fnstians, linens, hats, chemical Products, &c.; there are also drying-houses for madder; bleach-grounds, and breweries. Saar-Union, N.W. of Saverne, is divided by the Sarre into two parte: Bourquenom, on the right bank, and Sarrewerden, on the left. The population amounts to 9300, who manufacture woollen-cloth, cotton goods, linen, hosiery, beer, tiles, and bricks.
3. In the third arrondissement, the chief town, Sebilestadt, is situated 2S miles S. by railway from Strasbourg, on the left bank of the 111, and has 8867 inhahitants in the commune. It is regularly fortified, and entered by three gates, of which the one leading to Strasbourg opens upon a fine avenue of poplars. The town has several good churches and public buildings. Its chief industrial products are pottery, tobacco, vinegar, starch, beer, leather, flour, &c. Barr, 0 miles N. from Schdlestadt, is a well-built town of about 4500 inhabitants, situated among vineyards at the foot of the Kirch berg. There are cotton factories, and oil- and tan-mills driven by water-power. Beefeld. a station on the railway to Basle, 10 miles N.
from Schttlestadt, is situated on the Ill, and has about 2700 inhabit ants. Tobacco is extensively manufactured about this town. At Erstein, a town of 3500 inhabitants, 14 miles by railway N. from Sehttlestadt, cotton hosiery, snuff, cordage, tiles, leather, and pottery are there are dye-honses and bleach-grounds for linen. Ifarekledeim, S.E. of Schgestadt, near the left bank of the Rhine, has manufactures of linen, breweries, potteries, tile- and brick-yards and above 2300 inhabitants. Trade Is carried on in hemp and tobacco. At Ober-Nai, or Ober-amities, a small ill-built walled town of about 5000 inhabitants, there are copper-works, cotton factories, and distilleries. At Res/seise, situated on the Msgel in a
valley among the Vosges Mountains, woollen and cotton stuffs are manufactured : population, 3500.
4. In the fourth arrondissement the chief town, neisseabourpi, or Waseademerg, is a fortress of considerable strength, and is connected with the 'lines' of NVeissembourg, works constructed along the bank of the Lauter to cover this part of France. It has 5110 inhabitants in the commune, and is the seat of a college and a tribunal of first instance. The chief industrial products are hosiery, straw hats, earthenware, pottery, soap, beer, bricks, and leather. Lavierbourg, 12 miles E. from Weisaembonrg, and the most eastern town in France, is also fortified. It stands on the Lauter near its mouth in the Rhine, and has about 2500 inhabitants, two churches, two hospitals, ropewalks, breweries, and potash factories. At Seialts-eoar-Ferets, between Weisseinbourg and Hagnenau, there are iron- and coal-mines, beds of asphalte, and alt-springs: population about 2000. Nisder broils, a small town of about 3000 inhabitant., 16 miles S.W. from Weiseembourg, are iron-works, lanyards, breweries, and paper-mills; also some mineral springs, the waters of which are drunk and also used for baths.
The department together with that of Haut-Rhin forma the see of the Bishop of Strasbourg. Protestants of the Lutheran and Calvinist sects form a large ratio of the population. The Calvinists have con sistorial churches at Strasbourg and Bhehwiller, and 12 meeting-houses in other towns of the department. The have 21 local consistorias. The Jews have a consistorial synagogue at Strasbourg, presided over by a grand Rabbi; and 18 communal rabbis. The Catholics have 42 parish churches and 274 chapels of ease in the -department, a diocesan seminary and theological school at Strasbourg, where also Is a great Protestant seminary, and a Lutheran industrial school and gymnasium. The University-Academy of Strasbourg embraces within its limits the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Ithin. The depart ment of Baslthin is included in the jurisdiction of the High Court of Colmar, and belongs to the 6th Military Division, of which Stras bourg is head-quarters. It returns four members to the Legislative Chamber of the French empire.