Czartoryski, Adam

PRINCE, ( char -to- ris'ki,) a very prominent actor in the Polish revolution of 1830, was B. at Warsaw in 1770. When the revolution of 1830. broke out, he devoted all his energies to the service of his country. As president of the provisional government, he summoned the Diet to meet in December, 1830, and in the following month was placed at the head of the national government. He resigned his post after the terrible days of August 15 and 16, and served as a common soldier during the last fruitle struggle. He was excluded from the amnesty of 1831, and his estates in Poland confiscated. His latter years were spent in Paris, where he D. in 1861. Czaslau, a village near Chit is sitz, in Bohemia, 35 m. from Prague. Here the Austrians, led by Prince Charles of Lorraine, encountered the Pru ians, May 17, 1742, (O. S.) After a hard-fought battle they were compelled to retire, which they did in good order, carrying away 14 standards, two pairs of colors, and 1,000 prisoners. The Pru ians, commanded by Frederick II., took 18 pieces of cannon, two pairs of colors, and 1,200 IMG:content-0460.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0461.png:[graphic] prisoners. Czeg'led, a town of Hungary, between the Danube and the Thei , co. Pesth, 39 m. S.E. of Pesth. Pop. (1895) 27,854. Czer'mak, (JOHN NEPUMUK,) a German physiologist and physician, B. at Prague, 1825, profe or of physiology at Jena. C. is the inventor and introducer of the laryngoscope and rhinoscope, and of a new method for the therapeutical and surgical treatment of diseases of the epiglottis and throat. His work Der Kehlkopfspiegel und seine Ver wert hung für Physio logie und Medic in , has been translated and published in France, England, America, and Holland. Czernowitz, or TCHERNOWITZ, ( tchair -no'veetz,) a town of the Austrian empire, on the Pruth, 140 m. N.W. of Ja y. It has manufactures of jewelry and carriages, and a pop . of 59,206 in 1895. Czerny, GEORGE. See SERVIA. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia CABB