Melbourne

WILLIAM LAMB, VISCOUNT, (měl'bürn,) an English statesman, B. in London, 1779, after a brilliant career as aWhig leader in both houses of Parliament, became secretary of state under Earl Grey in 1830: and in 1834, and again in 1835, prime minister of the kingdom. D. 1848, in the height of his fame and universal popularity. Melbourne, a fine and flourishing city of Australia, C.of the colony of Victoria, on the Yarra-Yarra, at the head of the Bay of Port Philip; S. Lat. 37° 48′ 6″, E. Lon. 144° 57' 7". This is the most important commercial seaport in the S. hemisphere, and is the entrepôt of an immense trade carried on with nearly all parts of the world. Its harbor is excellent, and in its natural position, recent rise, and extraordinary development, it strongly resembles San Francisco. Pop. 193,696. [s. 590]