Cos'ta, Sir

MICHAEL, a musical composer, B. in Naples, 1810. After having produced his opera of Malvina in the San Carlos theatre, he went to England, and has since lived in London, where he has been succe ively conductor of Her Majesty's Theatre, and of the Royal Italian Opera. His principal works are, besides the above, the operas of Malek Adel and Don Carlos; and the oratorios Eli and Naaman. C. was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1868. D. 1884. Cos'tal, a . [Fr., from Lat. costa , a rib.] Pertaining to the side of the body, or the ribs; or to the costa in the wings of insects. Cost'amboul, or COST A MAN I, a town of Asiatic Turkey, cap. of a pashalic in Natolia, 235 m. E. of Constantinople. Its trade is inconsiderable.