Provence, afterward Louis XVIII

He was suspected of organizing a counter-revolution to place the on the French throne, and was hung. Favre (fävr), Gabriel Claude Jules. Born at Lyons, March 21, 1809: died at Versailles, France, Jan. 19, 1880. A noted French statesman and orator. He was the leader of the democratic opposition to the second empire 1863-68, and minister of foreign affairs 1870-71. He wrote "Rome et la république française" (1871), "Le gouvernement de la défense nation ale" (1871-75). Fawcett (fa's et), Henry. Born at Salisbury, England, Aug. 26, 1833: died at Cambridge, Nov. 6, 1884. A noted English statesman and political economist. He graduated B. A. at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1856; studied law at Lincoln's Inn, London; and was accidentally blinded Sept. 17, 1858. He became profe or of political economy at Cambridge in 1863, a position which he retained until his death. In 1867 he married Mi Mill i cent Garrett of Aldeburgh, Suf folk, who during the rest of his life shared his intellectual and political labors. He was Liberal member of Parliament for Brighton 1865-74, and for Hackney 1874-84. In 1880 he became postmaster-general in Gladstone's government, and introduced numerous reforms in the postal service, of which the most important was the parcels post of 1882. He published a "Manual of Political Economy (1863), "Mr. Hare's Reform Bill Simplified and Explained" (1860), "The Leading Clauses of a New Reform Bill" (1860), "The Economic Position of the British Labourer" (1865), "Pauperism: its Causes and Remedies" (1871), "E ays and Lectures on Social and Political Subjects" (1872: including eight e ays by Mrs. Fawcett), "Speeches on Some Current Political Questions" (1873), "Free Trade and Protection" (1878), "Indian Finance" (1880), "State Socialism and the Nationalisation of Land" (1883), and "Labour and Wages" (1884). Fawcett, John. Born Aug. 29, 1768: died 1837. An English actor and dramatist. He appeared at Covent Garden, London, in 1791, and maintained his con nection with that theater until his retirement from the stage in 1830. A number of plays were written especially for him by Colman the younger, the most notable of which was the "Heir-at-Law," in which he appeared as Dr. Panglo . He wrote "Obi, or Three-fingered Jack" (produced at the Hay market in 1800), "Pérouse "(1801), "Fairies' Rev. el (produced at the Hay market in 1802), "The Enchanted Island" (produced at the Hay market in 1804), etc. Fawkes (fåks), Guy. Born at York, Eng 1605. He was arrested as he was entering the cellar on the night of Nov. 4-5, and after trial was executed with several of his accomplices. Fawkner (fåk'ner), John Pasco. Born Oct. 20, 1792: died Sept. 4, 1869. An Australian journalist. He went from England to Van Diemen's Land in 1804 with his father, a convict. In 1835 he settled with others on the site of the present city of Melbourne, and in 1838 started the "Melbourne Advertiser," which was suppre ed by the government in consequence of fail ure to comply with the pre laws. In 1839 he began the "Port Philip Patriot," which, after changing its name to the "Daily News," was amalgamated with the "Argus" in 1852. He became a member of the council of Victoria. Fawnia (fan i-a). In Greene's "Dorastus and Fawnia" Feckenham Fear (fer), Cape. A promontory on the Atlantic coast, forming the southern point of Smith's Island, in the south of North Carolina. The poCape Fear River, which enters the ocean here by two channels separated by Smith's Island, is formed by the union of the Deep and Haw rivers in Chas am County, North Carolina, and flows in a southeasterly direction. The entrances to it were blockaded during the Civil War. Length, about 250 miles; navigable to Fayetteville (120 miles). sition of the light-ship is lat. 33° 35' N., long. 77° 50′ Fearne (fèrn), Charles. Born at London, 1742: died at Chelmsford, Feb. 25, 1794. An English (afterward called "Pandosto dos to"), the fingent Remainder and lady loved by Dorastus. She is the original of Shakspere's Perdita. Faxardo. See Saavedra . Fáy (fi or fäy), András. jurist. His chief work was "An E ay on ConF east of Rose Garlands, The. A painting by Albert Dürer (1506), in the museum at Prague, Bohemia. The Virgin, with the Child on her knee, is enthroned beneath a green canopy upheld by angels. Other angels hold a diadem over her head, and still others crown with roses the attendants of the emperor and the Pope, who kneel at the right and left. The Virgin crowns the emperor, and the Child is about to place a garland on the Pope's head. At the Virgin's feet an angel plays on a viol. Born at Kohány, county of Zemplin, Ze Hungary, May May 30, 1786: died at Pest, July 26, 1864. A Hungarian poet and general writer, author of "Mesék" ("Faoles," 1820), etc. Fay (fa), Charles Alexandre. Born at St.Jean Pied de Port, Ba es-Pyrénées, France, Sept. 23, 1827. A French general. He entered Forks, flowing south, and joining the Sacra the army in 1847; served as aide-de-camp to General Bosquet in the Crime an war, and as lieutenant-colonel on the staff of Marshal Bazaine in the Franco-Pru ian war; and was captured at the capitulation of Metz. He became general of division in 1885. He has written "Souvenirs de la guerre de Crimée" (1867), "Étude sur la guerre d'Allemagne en 1866" (1867), "De la loi militaire" (1870), "Journal d'un off icier de l'armée du Rhin" (1871), etc. Fay (fi), Joseph. Born at Cologne, Aug. 10, 1813: died at Dü eldorf, July 27, 1875. A German painter. Fay (fa), Theodore Sedgwick. Born at New York, Feb. 10, 1807. An American miscellaneous writer and diplomatist. He became a ociate editor of the "New York Mirror" in 1828; was secretary of the American legation at Berlin 1837-53; and was min ister resident at Bern, Switzerland, 1853-61, when he retired to private life. Author of "Great Outlines of Geography" Fayal (fi-al'; Pg. pron. fi-äl'). One of the Azores Islands, forming part of the district of Horta. It exports oranges. The capital is Horta. Area, 69 square miles. Faye (fa), Hervé Auguste Étienne Alban. Born at St.-Benoît-du-Sault, Indre, France, Oct. 5, 1814. A French astronomer. On Nov. 22, 1843, he discovered a new comet, which was named from him. Fayette, Madame de La. See La Fayette . Fayetteville (fa-et'vil). The capital of Cumber land County, North Carolina, situated on the Cape Fear River 50 miles south-southwest of Raleigh. Population (1890), 4,222. Fayrer (fa'rer), Sir Joseph. Born at Plymouth, England, Dec. 6, 1824. An English surgeon general in the Indian army. He wrote a work on the poisonous snakes of India, which was published by the Indian government in 1872, and is also the author of other works and of numerous papers on medical subjects in special relation to India. Fayum, Fayum, or Fayoum (fi-ön (fi-öm'). A province of Egypt, west of the Nile and southwest of Cairo. It is well watered and very fertile. In the northwest part of it is the large lake Birket el-Kurun, and the ancient lake Mæris (which see) was in it. Area, 493 square miles. Population, 228,709.