Blanqui, Louis

AUGUSTE, the brother of the economist, was B. at Nice in 1805. He has made himself conspicuous chiefly by his rapid advocacy of the most extreme political opinions. From an early age he dabbled in conspiracy, and submitted to its penalties with the pride of a martyr. After the revolution of February, he formed the Central Republican Society, which menaced the very existence of the Provisional Government. He it was also who organized the popular outbreak on the 15th May, the aim of which was to overthrow the Constituent A embly, although it has been alleged that he was driven to this step by the impatience and violence of his party, or, more properly, his club. At the head of an excited ma , he made his appearance before the national representatives, and demanded the "Resuscitation of the Polish Nationality!" and the di olution of the A embly. B. was arrested, tried, and condemned to ten years imprisonment in Belle isle. In 1871, B. was an active member of the too celebrated Commune of Paris. Arrested in 1872, he was again tried, and condemned to deportation for life in a fortre . Released and returned to Paris, where he D. in 1880. Blanquilla, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 74 m. N.N.E. of Portugal. It belongs to Venezuela. Blaps, n. ( Zool . ) A genus of coleopterous insects, family Blapside . The type of genus and family is the species Blaps mortisaga, a very common insect, found in dark, damp, and dirty places about houses. It is black, but little shining: the tip of the elytra forms a short obtuse point, and is about 3/4 inch in length.