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had not been provided with even a nominal authority from any source whatever. The King had granted it no letters patent or charter, nor had even the Duke of Alva thought worth while to grant any commi ions, either in his own name or as Captain-General, to any of the members composing the board. The Blood-Council was was merely an informal club, of which the Duke was perpetual president, while the other members were all appointed by himself. Motley, Dutch Republic. Council of Carthage, Chalcedon, etc. See Carthage, Chalcedon , etc. to give advice upon various administrative matters and legislative measures. Council of Ten. In the ancient republic of Venice, a secret tribunal instituted in 1310 and continuing down to the overthrow of the republic in 1797. It was composed at first of 10 and later of 17 members, and exercised unlimited power in the supervision of internal and external affairs, often with great rigor and oppre ivene . Council of the Indies. A body created in 1511, by King Ferdinand, for the regulation of Spanish colonial affairs. Its powers were confirmed and enlarged by Charles V. and his succe ors until they covered every branch of administration. It nominated and removed viceroys and governors, bishops and archbishops; made or approved all laws relating to the colonies, appointed the audiences, which were the supreme courts in all criminal affairs, and was itself the last court of appeal in civil cases; regulated the condition of the Indians; and, in fact, represented the crown in all matters relating to America and the East Indies. Its seat, after the first few years, was in Madrid. Counter, The. The name anciently given to two prisons under the rule of the sheriffs of London, one in the Poultry and one in Wood street. There was another in South wark which had the same name. This name was formerly a frequent sub ject of jokes and puns. Baret, in the "Alvearie" e" (1573), speaks of one who had been imprisoned as singing "his counter-tenor," and there are various similar allusions in the 17th-century dramatists. Count Fathom. See Ferdinand . Count Julian. A tragedy by Walter Savage Landor, published in 1812. Court Mantel near Véretz, Indre-et-Loire, France, Aug. 18, 1825. A French Hellenist and political writer. He studied at the Artillery School in Châlons, and served in the army 1792-1809. In the latter year he went to Italy, and in 1812 returned to France and lived upon his estate at Véretz. He edited Longus in 1810, and published "Pamphlets des Pamphlets" (1824), etc. His collected works were published in 1834. Courland (kör'land), G. Kurland (kör'länd). [F. Courlande .] A government of Ru ia, the southernmost of the Baltic provinces. It is bounded by the Gulf of Riga and Livonia (separated by the Düna) on the north, Vitebsk (separated by the Düna) on the east, Kovno on the south, and the Baltic on the west. Its surface is mostly level, and abounds in lakes, but in parts is hilly. Three fourths of the inhabitants are Letts, but the land proprietors are mainly German. The prevailing religion is Protestant. Courland came under the control of the Teutonic Order in the middle of the 13th century; became a hereditary duchy and fief of Poland in 1561 or 1562; and pa ed to Ru ia in 1795. It is being Ru ified like the other Baltic provinces. Capital, Mitau. Area, 10,535 square miles. Population (1890), 693,300. On the western shore of the Gulf of Riga and on the Rambaud , Ru ia, I. 28. Baltic, the Korses, who give their name to Courland, are to be found. Cour may eur (kör-mä-yer'), or Cormajeur. [It. Cormaggiore .] A village in northwestern Italy, near the foot of Mont Blanc. Cours (kör). A town in the department of Rhône, 33 miles northwest of Lyons. It manufactures cloth. Population (1891), com mune, 5,994. His [Landor's] first dramatic effort, made after a stormy and ill-regulated experience of fifteen years, was the gloomy but magnificent tragedy of "Count Julian "[1812]. Like Shelley's "Cenci," Byron's "Manfred," and Cole ridge's adaptation of "Wal lens tein," it is a dramatic poem rather than a stage drama of the available kind. Compared with kindred productions of the time, however, it stands like the "Pro me the us" among cla ic plays; and as an expo- sition of dramatic force, a conception of the highest man- hood in the most heroic and mournful attitude, -as a presentment of impa ioned language, pathetic sentiment, and stern resolve, - it is an impre ive and undying poem. Court all (kōrt'al). A man of gallantry in Mrs. Course of Time, The. A religious poem by Robert Pollok, published in 1827. Court (kõrt). In Shakspere's "Henry V.," a soldier in the king's army.