Chamber counsel, Chamber counsellor

( Law.) A counsel who gives his opinion in private, but does not practise in open court. Cham'bered, a. (Conch.) Having chambers or compartments; as, a chambered shell. Chamber-fellow, n. One who sleeps in the same chamber. "It is my fortune to have a chamber - fellow ." -Spectator . Chamber-hangʻings, n . pl . Hangings, arras, or tapestry for a chamber. Chamberlain, n. [Fr. cham bell an; It. camerlingo. See CHAMBER.] One who has the charge of the private apartments of a monarch or nobleman; an officer of state; as, a lord- chamberlain . The emblem of office appropriated to the C. in European courts is a gold key, generally suspended from two gold buttons. -A person who has charge of the chambers, as in a hotel. -In England, a city officer who keeps the accounts of a corporation; a treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the Chamberlain of the city of London. The Lord Chamberlain of England is one of the three great officers of the sovereign's household. He has the control of all the officers above stairs, except the precinct of the royal bed-chamber, which is under the govt. of the Groom of the Stole. Under him are the Vice chamberlain, lords of the bed-chamber, .; the chaplains, officers of the wardrobe, physicians, tradesmen, artisans, , and others retained in the sovereign's service, are in his department, and are sworn into office by him. He is commonly one of the highest nobility in the kingdom; and in virtue of his office, precedes dukes. The L. C. has also the censorship of the public theatres and the licensing of plays, . under his control. Chamberlain, in Indiana , a post-office of Allen co. a post-village of Indiana co., about 7 m. N. of Indiana. Chambers burg, in Pennsylvania , a borough, cap. of Franklin co., situated on Conecocheague Creek, 45 m. S.W. of Harris burg and 150 W. of Philadelphia. Its situation is healthy, and the surrounding country rich and highly cultivated. The town is composed of two large streets, intersecting each other at right angles, and having a public square in the center. Pop . (1890) 7,683. C. was burned by the Confederates, July 30, 1864. Chambers Court-House, now LAFAYETTE, in Alabama, a post-village, capital of Chambers co., 164 m. E. by S. of Tuscaloosa. Chambers Creek, in Texas, flows through Ellis co. and unites with the Waxahachie in Navarro co. -A village of Ellis co. Chamber's ia, in Texas, a village of Liberty co., near the N. end of Galveston Bay. Chambers Island, in Wisconsin , a vill. of Door co. Chamber's Mills, in Virginia, a village of Bucking ham co. Chamber's Valley, in Virginia , a vill. of Carroll co. Cham'bersville, in Arkansas , a P. O. of Calhoun co. Chamber tin, a famous vineyard of France, dep. Cote d'Or, a few miles N.E. of Beaune. It produces annually upon an average from 130 to 150 pipes of Burgundy. С. was the favorite wine of Louis XIV. and of Napoleon I. Chambery, ( sham'ber -e,) a city of France, dep. Savoie, on the Ayse, in an elevated and fertile valley, 110 m. W.N.W. of Turin, and 43 S.S.W. of Geneva. Manf. Silk gauzes. Pop . 18,279. Cham'bli burg, in Virginia, a township of Bedford co., 150 m. W. by S. of Richmond, Cham'bly, in prov. of Quebec, a S. co., on the right bank of the St. Lawrence, opposite the island of Montreal; area , 211 sq. m.; cap . Chambly. -A parish and village in the above county, on the W. side of Richelieu River, and connected by canal with St. John's. Cham'bord, a village of France, dep. Loire-et-Cher, on the Co on, 10 m. E. of Blois. This place is noted only for its famous and magnificent castle, commenced by Francis I., and finally completed by Louis XIV. In it the former monarch entertained his great rival Charles V., in 1540. Chambord, (COMTE DE.) See BORDEAUX, (DUC DE.) Chambranle, ( sham -bran'l,) n. [Fr.] ( Arch . ) The casing of a chimney, door, . Cham'bre Ardente, n . ( Hist .) The name given in France to a court of law, hung with black and lighted with torches, instituted by Francis I. for the purpose of trying and burning heretics; and also to the extraordinary commi ions established under Louis XIV. for the examination of poisoners, and under the regent duke of Orleans for the punishment of public officers charged with certain offences against the revenues, as also of those who were guilty of fraud in the matter of Law's bank. Chambre des Comptes, n. [Fr., Chamber of Accounts.] ( Hist .) A great court established in France, prior to the revolution, for various purposes; as for the registration of edicts, ordinances, letters-patent, treaties of peace, . The sovereign Chambre des Comptes was held at Paris; there were also inferior courts in ten provincial cities.