a grand duchy in the north of Germany. It is composed of two portions of the old duchy of Strelitz and the principality of Ratzeburg, and has some territory intermixed with that of other states. It extends over 796 square miles, and comprehends nine cities and towns, 219 villages, 245 princely domains, and 10,805 houses, with 45,500 inhabitants, chiefly employed in cultivation, who all adhere to the Lutheran church, with the exception of about fifty catholics and 750 Jews. The income of the state amounts to £50,000 annually, chiefly arising from the ducal domains. The public debt is so interwoven with that of Mecklenburg-Schwerin that its exact amount is not known, but by the operation of a sinking fund it is decreasing. The regular forces consists of a battalion of infantry and a division of hussars, numbering together 772 individuals. The courts of law for both Mecklenburgs are united. King George III. having married a princess of the house, has connected it with the royal family of England. The capital is the city of Strelitz, with 5350 inhabitants. There are in the duchy mines yielding silver, lead, and iron; the last of these is worked into the various articles for which it is adapted at the several manufactories of the duchy. The only manufactures, besides, are those of linen and the several kinds of leather. The chief foreign trade is by the Rhine with Holland, whence supplies of sugar and coffee, and the other colonial wares are obtained. The duke, in 1817, established a kind of representative legislature of two houses of nobles and burghers. The income of the state is about £188,000 annually; the public debt amounts to £500,000; the annual expenditure is £155,000; and the surplus of income is applied to diminish the debt. The regular troops are 2800, besides which there is a numerous militia or landsturm, in which all males from nineteen to twenty-five years of age are bound to serve.