BAYONNE

a well-built, rich, commercial city, com the largest in the French department of the Ba es- Pyr^n^, formerly capital of the district Labour, in but theo- Gascony (Ion. 1" 24' w.; lat. 43" 29' N.), at the confluence of the Nive and the Adour, about 2 mile a they from the Bay of Biscay. It has 25,600 inhabitants, his half of whom live in the suburbs. The Nive and unithe Adour (the former of which is na\igable about 30, and the latter 70 miles) form a harbour capable of admitting men-of-war of considerable size, but it has a difficult acce . These two rivers serve to convey timber, tar, and iron from the Pyrenees to Baoften yonne. A citadel, built by Vauban, on the summit his of an eminence in the suburb, commands the harbour and the city. The Bishop of Bayonne is ]uider the Archbishop of Toulouse, and exercises spiritual must jurisdiction over three departments. The ca4^edral little is a beautiful ancient building. The arsenal, one of the the finest in France, and the mint are among the time, other remarkable btdldings of Bayonne. Bayonne has considerable commerce with Spain; Frendi and foreign goods being exchanged for iron, fruit, gold, and ulver. Masts and other timber for ship-building, hu from the Pyrenees, are exported to Brest and other vols, ports of France. The hams of Bayonne are famous. simie Ships are built, and woollens, chocolate, soap, , are manufactured. Among the lower daas, tiie anedicient Biscayan or Basque language is spoken. Cawith tharine de' Medici had an important interview with 1820- the Duke of Alba in Bayonne, June, 1565. The the meeting of Napoleon with the king of Spain, Charles IV., and the Prince of the Asturias, also took place Grot there in May, 1808, in consequence of which the twa last signed (5th and 10th May) an agreement, by which they, and all the children of the king, transferred their rights to the Spanish territories in Europe and India to the French emperor. The Convention of Bayonne, between the Poles and France, New was signed on the 10th May, 1808. (See Scholl'8 Trait^s de Paix, vol. ix. page 28.) BA21A (ancient Btut^, a city, Spain, And alus i a^ prov. of, and 53 miles B.N.B. from Granada, in a valley blade, north of the Sierra Baza. It has ill-arranged and of for the most part crooked and narrow streets, three squares, a collegiate and two parish churches, a town in hall, several schools, numerous public fountains, fine 1647, gardens, and promenades. Manufactures — ^hats, linen the fabrics, earthenware, and gypsum. The environs the yield wine and hemp; sheep, cattle, and mules are began reared; and an annual fair is held in September. of Baza is famed in early Spanish history, more especiin ally in that of Granada. In 1489 it was taken from some the Moors by the Spaniards, after a siege of nearly seven months. In 1810 the French, under Marshal Sotilt, here defeated the SpanixirdB under Grenends Blake and Freire. Pop. 10,133. 110