(St), is a large river in North America, scarcely inferior to the Rhine or the Danube, and navigable almost to its source. Together with many other large streams, it falls into the great river Mississippi.

(St), or St Peter's, the capital of Martini-cco, was built in 1665, in order to overawe the mutineers. neers of the island who rebelled against its proprietors, the second West India company, who were at the same time the proprietors of all the French Antilles. It is situated on the western side of the island. The town extends along the shore, and a battery that commands the road is erected on the west side, which is washed by the river Royolan, or St Peter. The town is divided into three wards; the middle, which is properly St Peter's, begins at the fort, and runs wellward to the battery of St Nicholas. Under the walls of the second ward ships at anchor ride more securely than under the fort, on which account this ward is called the Anchorage. The third ward, called the Gallery, extends along the sea side from Fort St Peter to the Jesuits' River, and is the most populous part of the city. The houses of St Peter's ward are neat, commodious, and elegant, particularly those of the governor of the island, the intendant, and the other officers. The parish church of St Peter is a magnificent stone building which belonged to the Jesuits, with a noble front of the Doric order. The church of the Anchorage, which belongs to the Jacobine friars, is likewise of stone. It is a place of considerable trade, and is built with tolerable regularity. The houses are mostly constructed of a grey pumice stone or lava, which is found on the strand; and the high street is, according to Dr Hert, above an English mile in length. It is supposed to contain about 2000 houses, and 30,000 inhabitants, including negroes. St Pierre, with the whole of the flourishing island of Martinique, was taken from the French, in the month of March 1794, by the British land and sea forces under the command of Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis, and will now, we presume, continue annexed to the British crown: 125 vessels loaded with the produce of the island, and of great value, were captured, 71 of which were in the harbour of St Pierre.