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JACQUES LEROY DE See also:SAINT See also:ARNAUD (1801-1854)
, See also:marshal of See also:France, was See also:born at See also:Paris on the 20th of See also:August 18o1
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He entered the See also:army in 1817, and after ten years of See also:garrison service, which he varied by gambling and See also:wild courses, he still held only the lowest commissioned grade
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He then resigned, led a See also:life of See also:adventure in several lands and returned to the army at See also:thirty as a sub-See also:lieutenant
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He took See also:part in the suppression of the See also:Vendee emeute,and was for a See also:time on See also:General(Marshal) B ugeaud's See also:staff
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But his debts and the scandals of his private life compelled him to go to See also:Algeria as a See also:captain in the See also:Foreign See also:Legion
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There he distinguished himself on numerous occasions, and after twelve years had risen to the See also:rank of marechal de See also:camp
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In 1848 he was placed at the See also:head of a See also:brigade during the revolution in Paris
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On his return to See also:Africa, it is said because See also:
See Lettres du Marechal de See also:Saint Arnaud (Paris, 1855; 2nd edition with memoir by Sainte-Beuve, 1858)
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ST ARNAUD, a See also:town of Kara-Kara See also:county, See also:Victoria, See also:Australia, 158 m. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Melbourne
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Pop
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(Igor), 3656
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It is a flourishing town with a See also:fine town See also:
Asaph, to whom the cathedral (one of the smallest in See also:Great See also:Britain) is dedicated, was See also:bishop here after See also:Kentigern's return hence to See also:Glasgow, and died in 596
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The small, irregularly built town has also a See also:parish See also:
See also:Williams, See also:speaker of the House of See also:Commons in See also:
At the end of St George Street and near Fort Marion is the City See also:Gate (two pillars, each 20 ft. high) ; from this gate a See also:line of earthworks formerly stretched across the northern end of the peninsula
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In the centre of the city is the Plaza de la Constitucion, in which are an See also:obelisk erected in 1813 to commemorate the Spanish Liberal Constitution of 1812, and a See also:monument (1872) to citizens who died in the Confederate Army
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On this square are the See also:market (built in 184o,partially burned in 1887, and after-wards rebuilt), often erroneously spoken of as " the slave market "; a See also:Roman See also:Catholic cathedral (built in 1791, burned in 1887, and rebuilt and enlarged in 1887–1888) ; Trinity church (See also:Protestant Episcopal) ; and the See also:post office (once the Spanish See also:government building)
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In the western part of the city is the beautiful Memorial Presbyterian Church, built in 1889 as a memorial to his daughter, by See also:
See also:Oyster See also:canning and fishing are engaged in to some extent, and cigars are manufactured, but the city is important chiefly as a See also:winter resort, the number of its visitors approximating 25,000 a year
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The See also:climate is delightful, the mean temperature for the winter months being about 58° F. and for the entire year about 700 F
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St Augustine is the See also:oldest permanent See also:settlement of Europeans in the See also:United States
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It was founded by Spanish colonists under the leadership of Pedro Menendez de See also:Aviles, who sighted land here in 1565, on the 28th of August, St Augustine's See also:day, whence the name
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On the 6th of September he landed and began his fortifications
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St Augustine's colonial See also:history is almost identical with the history of Florida (q.v.) under Spanish dominion
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In 1586 it was burned by Sir Francis See also:Drake, who captured the fort, and in 1665 it was pillaged by Captain John See also:Davis, an English freebooter
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There were frequent conflicts with the English settlements in See also:South Carolina and See also:Georgia, beginning in 1681 with an attack by the Spanish on See also:Port Royal, South Carolina
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In 1702 See also:Governor See also:
In 1821 St Augustine, with the See also:rest of Florida, passed under See also:American control
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The Spanish inhabitants remained
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On the 7th of See also:January 1861, three days before Florida passed her See also:Ordinance of See also:Secession, the small United States garrison was compelled by a state force to evacuate; but on the 11th of See also: It is pleasantly situated on a steep slope 2 M. inland from St Austell See also:bay on the south coast . To the north the high ground culminates at 1034 ft. above the sea in Hensbarrow See also:Downs, so called from a barrow See also:standing at the loftiest point . The church of the See also:Holy Trinity is Perpendicular, with Decorated chancel, richly ornamented in a manner unusual in the county . The town is the centre of a district productive of See also:china See also:clay (See also:kaolin), about 400,000 tons being annually exported by sea to the See also:potteries of See also:Staffordshire and to See also:Lancashire, when it is used in the See also:calico-See also:works for sizing . The deposits of clay became important about 1763, and See also:Josiah See also:Wedgwood acquired mines in the neighbour-hood . Mines were previously worked for See also:tin and See also:copper, and in some cases after being exhausted of ore continued to be worked for clay . The Carclaze mine to the north-east is notably See also:rich; it is a shallow excavation of great superficial extent, which appears to have been worked from very early times . Close to St Austell is a See also:good example of an See also:ancient See also:baptistery, called See also:Mena-cuddle Well, the little chapel being Early English . ST See also:BARTHOLOMEW, or ST See also:BARTHELEMY, an island in the French West Indies . It lies in 17° 55' N. and 63° 6o' W., about 130 M . N.W. of See also:Guadeloupe, of which it is a dependency . It is shaped like an irregular See also:crescent, the horns, enclosing the bay of St See also:Jean, pointing to the N.; its See also:surface is hilly, culminating near the centre in a See also:limestone hill 1003 ft. high . It is 8 sq. m. in See also:area, and devoid of forests, and See also:water has often to be imported from the neighbouring island of St Kitts . The surrounding rocks and shallows make the island difficult of See also:access . Despite the lack of water, See also:sugar, See also:cotton, See also:cocoa, manioc and See also:tobacco are grown . The See also:capital, Gustavia, on the S.W. coast, possesses a small but safe See also:harbour . See also:Lorient is the only other town . The inhabitants, mainly of French and See also:negro descent, are English-speaking, and number about 3000 . St Bartholomew was occupied by France in 1648 and ceded to See also:Sweden in 1784 . In 1877 it was again acquired by France at the cost of £11,000 . ST BARTHOLOMEW, See also:MASSACRE OF, the name given to the massacre of the See also:Huguenots, which began in Paris on St Bartholomew's day, the 24th of August 1572 . The initiative for the See also:crime rests with See also:Catherine de' See also:Medici . Irritated and disquieted by the growing See also:influence of See also:Admiral See also:Coligny, who against her wishes was endeavouring to draw Charles IX. into a war with Spain, she resolved at first to have him assassinated . The See also:blow failed, and the admiral was only wounded . The See also:attempt, however, infuriated the Huguenots, who had flocked to Paris for the See also:wedding of Henry of See also:Navarre and See also:Marguerite de See also:Valois . Charles IX. declared that the See also:assassin should receive condign See also:punishment . Catherine then conceived the See also:idea of killing at a blow all the Huguenot leaders, and of definitely ruining the Protestant party . After holding a See also:council with the Catholic leaders, including the See also:duke of See also:Anjou, Henry of See also:Guise, the marshal de Tavannes, the duke of See also:Nevers, and Rene de Birague, the keeper of the See also:seals, she persuaded the king that the massacre was a measure of public safety, and on the evening of the 23rd of August succeeded in wringing his authorization from him . The king himself arranged the manner of its See also:execution, but it is scarcely probable that he fired upon the Huguenots from a window of the Louvre . The massacre began on See also:Sunday at daybreak, and continued in Paris till the 17th of September . Once let loose, it was impossible to restrain the Catholic populace . From Paris the massacre spread to the provinces till the 3rd of See also:October . The due de See also:Longueville in See also:Picardy, See also:Chabot-Charny (son of Admiral Chabot) at See also:Dijon, the See also:comte de Matignon (1525–1597) in See also:Normandy, and other provincial See also:governors, refused to authorize the massacres . See also:Francois Haman estimates the number killed in the whole of France at 50,000 . There were many illustrious victims, among them being Admiral Coligny, his son-in-See also:law Charles de See also:Teligny and the logician See also:Peter See also:Ramus . Catherine de' Medici received the congratulations of all the Catholic See also:powers, and See also:Pope See also:Gregory XIII. commanded bonfires to be lighted and a See also:medal to be struck .
See H
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Bordier, La St Barthelemy et la critique moderne (Paris, 1879) ; H
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See also:Baumgarten, Vor der Bartholomdusnacht (See also:Strassburg, 1882) ; and H
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Mariejol, `" La Reforme et la Ligue " (Paris, 1904), in vol. vi. of the Histoire de France, by E
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See also:Lavisse, which contains a more See also:complete bibliography of the subject
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ST See also:BENOIT-SUR-See also:LOIRE, a See also:village of north-central France, in the See also:department of Loiret, on the right See also:bank of the Loire, 22 M
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E.S.E. of See also:
1025 and 1218
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Its See also:narthex has a second storey supported on columns with remarkable carved capitals; there are two sets of transepts, above which rises a square central tower
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In the interior are the See also:tomb of See also: See also:Maurice and See also:Lazarus . The pass leads (39 m.) from Bourg St Maurice in the See also:Isere valley (French department of See also:Savoie) to Aosta, but is much less frequented by travellers than its neighbour opposite . (W . A . B . C.) There is no certain mention of the road over the pass of the Great St Bernard (Alpis Poenina, Poeninus See also:Mons) before 57 B.C. when See also:Julius See also:Caesar sent Servius See also:Galba over it, " because he wished that the pass, by which traders had been accustomed to go at great See also:risk and with very high transport charges, should be opened." But even in See also:Strabo's time it was impassable for wheeled See also:traffic; and we find that Augusta Praetoria originally had but two See also:gates, one opening on the road towards the Little St Bernard (Alpis Graia), the other towards Eporedia (See also:Ivrea), but none towards the Alpis Poenina . But the military arrangement of the See also:German provinces rendered the construction of the road necessary, and it is mentioned as existing in A.D . 69 . Remains of it cut in the See also:rock, some 121 ft. in width, still exist near the See also:lake at the See also:top of the pass . On the plain at the top of the pass is the See also:temple of See also:Jupiter Poeninus (Penninus), remains of which were excavated in 189o-1893, though See also:objects connected with it had See also:long ago been found . The oldest of the votive-tablets which can be dated belongs to the time of Tiberius, and the temple may be attributed to the beginning of the See also:empire; objects, however, of the first See also:Iron See also:age (4th or 5th century B.c.) were also found' and many Gaulish coins . Other buildings, probably belonging to the post station at the top of the pass, were also discovered . Many of the objects found then and in previous years, including ' So Not. degli scavi (1891), 81; but the statement is contradicted, ibid . (1894), 44 . many votive-tablets, are in the museum at the hospice of the Great St Bernard . See Notizie degli scavi, passim, especially E . Ferrero (1890), 294; C . Promis, Antichitd di Aosta (See also:Turin, 1862) . The Little St Bernard was known to the See also:Romans as Alpis Graia . It derived its name from the See also:legend that See also:Hercules, returning from Spain with the oxen of See also:Geryon, crossed the Alps by this route, though the legend rather suits the route through'the Maritime Alps . According to many modern scholars, See also:Hannibal passed this way over the Alps, though the question has been much discussed (see See also:art . HANNIBAL, and Partsch in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyklopddie i., 1604) . In any See also:case it was the See also:principal pass over the Alps into Gallia Comata until the pass of the Alpis Cottia (Mont Genevre) was opened by Cn . Pompeius in 75 B.C., and became the principal route, though the road was only completed under See also:Augustus by Cottius in 3 B.C .
Various remains of the road are visible, and those of a building (possibly a temple of Jupiter) have been found on the See also:summit of the pass
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See Notizie degli scavi (1883), 7 (1894), 46; and C
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Promis, Antichitd di Aosta (Turin, 1862), 115 sqq
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ST See also:BERTRAND-DE-COMMINGES, a village of south-western France at the See also:foot of the See also:Pyrenees in the department of Haute-See also:Garonne, about 7o m
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S.W. of See also:Toulouse by rail and road
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St Bertrand stands about 1 m. from the left bank of the Garonne on the slopes of an isolated hill crowned by its celebrated cathedral of Notre See also:Dame
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The See also:facade of the church with its square tower and the first bay with its aisles are Romanesque, and belong to a church begun about the end of the 11th century by Bishop Bertrand (1075-1123), afterwards canonized
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The nave with its See also:side chapels and the choir, in the See also:Gothic style, date from the first See also:half of the 14th century and were chiefly the See also:work of Bertrand de Goth, bishop from 1295 to 1299 and afterwards Pope See also:Clement V
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The choir See also:screen, See also:rood-See also:loft and See also:altar, which See also:form an enclosure within the church, are masterpieces of Renaissance wood-See also:carving, as are also the choir stalls
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The church contains several tombs, the most interesting of which are the fine See also: On the south side of the church there is a ruined See also:cloister of Romanesque architecture . St Bertrand-de-Comminges (Lugdunum Convenarum)was founded in 72 B.C., and before the end of the 5th century became the seat of a bishopric suppressed at the Revolution . The town was destroyed towards the end of the 6th century by Guntrum, king of See also:Burgundy, after it had served as a See also:refuge to Gondowald, pretender to the See also:crown of See also:Aquitaine . SAINT-BON, See also:SIMONE ARTURO (1823-1892), Italian admiral, was born at See also:Chambery on the 2oth of March 1823 . Leaving the See also:Naval See also:Academy in 1847, he attained the rank of commander in 1860, and that of See also:vice-admiral in 1867 . He took part in the See also:Crimean war, distinguished himself in 186o at the See also:siege of See also:Ancona, and was decorated for valour at the siege of See also:Gaeta . At the battle of See also:Lissa, in 1866, his See also:vessel, the " Formidabile," forced the entrance of the port of San Giorgio and silenced the See also:Austrian batteries, for which exploit he received a gold medal . In 1873 he was elected See also:deputy, and appointed by See also:Minghetti to be minister of marine, in which position he revolutionized the Italian See also:navy . Insisting upon the need for large battleships with high powers of attack and See also:defence, and capable of fighting as single See also:units, he introduced the See also:colossal types of which the " Duilio " and the " See also:Dandolo " were the earliest examples . Falling from See also:power with the Right in 1876, he resumed active service, but in 1891 was again appointed minister of marine . He died on the 26th of See also:November 1892, while still in office . He is remembered in Italy as the originator of the modern Italian See also:fleet . ST BRIEUC, a town of western France, capital of the department of See also:Cotes-du-See also:Nord, 63 m . N.W. of See also:Rennes by the railway to See also:Brest . Pop . (1906) town 15,270; See also:commune 23,041 . It stands 290 ft. above the sea, between 1 and 2 M. from the English Channel and less than a mile from the right bank of the Gouet, at the See also:month of which is its seaport, Le Legue . St Brieuc is the seat of a bishopric in the See also:province of Rennes, and has a cathedral dating from the 13th century, but partially rebuilt in the '18th, and afterwards extensively restored . In the interior the tombsof the bishops and a Renaissance See also:organ-loft deserve mention . The oldest part of the episcopal See also:palace date back to the 16th century . The hotel-de-ville contains a museum and picture See also:gallery . An Ursuline convent serves as barracks . There are numerous houses of the 15th and 16th centuries, in one of which James II., king of England, is said to have lodged in 1689 . A colossal See also:image of the Virgin looks down upon the town from an See also:eminence on the north, and there is a statue of Du Guesclin . The See also:industries include See also:wool-See also:spinning, See also:timber-sawing, iron and See also:steel-working, and the manufacture of brushes and agricultural implements . St Brieuc owes its origin and its name to the missionary St Briocus, who came from Wales in the 5th century, and whose tomb after-wards attracted crowds of pilgrims . The See also:place was defended in 1375 by See also:Olivier de See also:Clisson against the duke of See also:Brittany, and again attacked by the same Clisson in 1394, the cathedral suffering greatly in both sieges . In 1592 the town was pillaged by the Spaniards, in 1601 ravaged by the See also:plague, and in 1628 surrounded by walls of which no traces remain . Between 1602 and 1768 the states of Brittany several times met at St Brieuc . During the Reign of Terror See also:Chouans and Republicans carried on a ruthless conflict with each other in the vicinity . The ancient fort of Peran, built of vitrified See also:granite, is about 5 m . S. of St Brieuc . ST CATHARINES, a city of See also:Ontario, See also:Canada, and the capital of See also:Lincoln county, on the Welland Canal and the See also:Grand See also:Trunk, and St Catharines and See also:Niagara Central See also:railways, 35 M . S. of See also:Toronto, with which it has steamer connexion . Pop . (1901) 9946 . It is connected by electric tramways with the neighbouring towns and villages, and is in the midst of a fine See also:fruit-growing district . Its excellent water-power provides See also:motive force for numerous industries, among which are flour-mills and factories for the manufacture of edge tools and agricultural implements . Bishop See also:Ridley See also:College, under Anglican control, is an important residential school . There are See also:mineral springs which are much visited by invalids . ST CHAMOND, a manufacturing town of east-central France, in the department of Loire, 7z M . E.N.E. of St See also:Etienne, on the railway from St Etienne to See also:Lyons . Pop . (1906) 14,147 . The town lies in a small See also:basin surrounded by mountains at the confluence of the Janon with the Gier, an affluent of the Rhone . It has See also:coal-mines forming part of the Rive-de-Gier basin . The milling of raw See also:silk, the manufacture of See also:ribbons and laces of every See also:kind, See also:dyeing and the construction of naval and railway material are the foremost industries . There are also See also:metal-foundries, manufactories of nails, heavy iron goods, looms and other See also:industrial establishments . St Chamond, founded in the 7th century by St Ennemond or Chamond, See also:archbishop of Lyons, became the chief town of the Jarret, a little principality formed by the valley of the Gier . Silk-milling was introduced in the town in the middle of the 16th century by Gayotti, a native of See also:Bologna . Remains are found at St Chamond of a Roman See also:aqueduct, which conveyed the See also:waters of the Janon along the valley of the Gier to Lyons . ST CHARLES, a city and the county-seat of St Charles county, See also:Missouri, U.S.A., situated on the N. bank of the Missouri river, about 20 M. above its mouth, and about 23 M . N.W. of St Louis . Pop . (1910) 9437 . It is served by the See also:Wabash and the Missouri, See also:Kansas & See also:Texas railway systems, and by an electric railway to St Louis . A great steel See also:bridge, 6535 ft. long (built 1868-1871), crosses the river and gives entry to the Wabash railroad from St Louis . It has three spans of 305 to 321 ft., which at the time of their construction were the longest of their kind in the See also:world . A See also:highway bridge also crosses the river, and is the only waggon bridge between See also:Jefferson City and the mouth of the river . At St Charles are a Presbyterian school for See also:women (Lindenwood College); St Charles Military College (Methodist Episcopal, 1837) , the Academy of the Sacred See also:Heart (1818); St See also:Joseph's See also:Hospital, and the See also:Emmaus See also:Asylum for Epileptics . St Charles has import-See also:ant car works (among the largest in the United States), a large See also:shoe factory, flour mills, See also:brick and See also:tile yards and breweries . St Charles county is very fertile, and its yield of See also:wheat is especially large . At the See also:sand works at See also:Klondike, in the See also:southern part of the county, large quantities of See also:silica are blasted, crushed, bolted and shipped . A French settlement was begun at St Charles in 1769, and soon thereafter a Spanish See also:official was placed-in See also:residence . St Charles was organized as a village under territorial law in 1809; and in 1849 was chartered as a city . It was the first capital of the state (1810-1826) . |
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