Aubergist

[Fr. aubergiste.] One who keeps an inn or tavern. (R.) "The aubergist at Terni."-Smollett. Aubert du Bayet, JEAN BAPTISTE ANNIBAL, a French general, B. in Louisiana, in 1753. He served under La Fayette in the war of American Independence. On his return to Europe, he was elected a member of the Constituent A embly, where he belonged to the party of the Girondins. He afterwards fought under Kellermann, at Valmy, and conducted the defence of Mayence. D., amba ador at Constantinople, in 1797. Aubervilliers, or NOTRE-DAME-DES-VERTUS, a village of France, dep. Seine, near Paris. Great quantities of garden-stuff for the supply of that metropolis are raised here. Au besoin. [Fr., in case of need.] (Com.) " Au besoin chez Me ieurs a." "In case of need. apply to Me rs. at- -." A phrase used in the superscription of a bill of exchange, pointing out the person to whom application may be made for payment in case of failure or refusal of the drawer to pay. Aubes'pine, a noble French family, of which the following were the most distinguished members: A., CLAUDE DE L', Baron de Chateauneuf ; who was Secretary of State and Finance from 1542 till his death in 1567. He was employed in the most important political negotiations of the reigns of Francis I., Henry II., and Charles IX. A. , CHARLES DE L', Marquis de Chateauneuf , brother of the preceding, was B. in 1580. He was sent on succe ive mi ions to Holland, Germany, Tenice, and England; succeeded his father, in 1621, as Chancellor, and was named, in 1630, Keeper of the Seals. A. was imprisoned by order of Richelieu, from 1633 to 1640, and D. 1653. Aube'terre, DAVID BOUCHARD, VICOMTE D', B. at Geneva, and appointed, by Henry III. of France, to the government of Perigord. A. rendered important services to Henry IV. during the wars of the League. He D. in 1598, from a wound received at the siege of Lisle. Aubiere', a town of France, dep. of Puy-de-Dôme, 2 m. S.E. of Clermont, in the middle of the volcanic region of Auvergne; pop . about 4,000. Aubigné', PIERRE D', a French historian and dramatist; B. 1550, near Pons, in France. He was a precocious linguist, having translated Plato's Crito at 7 years of age. In the employ of Henry IV., he wrote an able tragedy, called Circé . A. was a strenuous supporter of the Protestant faith, and was, in consequence, 4 times condemned to death. He pa ed the close of his life at Geneva, where he D. in 1630. A. was the grandfather of the celebrated Madame Scarron, or de Main ten on, whe became the wife of Louis XIV. His principal work is: His to ire Universelle depuis 1550 jusqu'à 1661.