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See Lacy. La Serena (lä sā-rā'nä). The capital of the province of Coquimbo, situated at the mouth of the Coquimbo River, in lat. 29° 53′ S. It was founded by Valdivia in 1544, and was an important point in the early history of Chile. Coquimbo, its commercial port, is 7 miles southwest of it, but the two names are often used interchangeably. Population (1885), 17,230. La Serna y Hinojosa (lä sār'nä ē ēn-ō-Hōʼsä), José de. Born at Jerez de la Fronter a, 1770: died at Cadiz, 1832. A noted Spanish general. In 1816, with the rank of major-general, he was put in command of the army in Upper Peru. He was defeated by the patriots at Salta and Jujuy, and, owing to disagreements with the viceroy, resigned in 1819, and was made lieutenant-general and president of the council of war: soon after this he was made commander of the army against San Martin. On Jan. 29, 1821, the viceroy Pezuela was deposed by his officers, and La Serna was put in his place. La Serna was forced to evacuate Lima July 6, 1821, but he kept his ground in the interior with great skill and resolu tion, making his capital at Cuzco. During three years and a half he was practically cut off from Spain. He was finally defeated by Sucre and captured with his whole army at the battle of Ayacucho, Dec. 9, 1824. Las Heras (läs ä'räs), Juan Gregorio de. Born at Buenos Ayres, July 11, 1780: died at Santiago de Chile, Feb. 6, 1866. A Spanish-American general. In 1824 he was chosen governor of Buenos Ayres, and from May 9 of that year until Feb. 7, 1825, was acting president of the Argentine Confederation. Soon after he retired to Chile, where he resided until his death. Lask (läsk). A town in the government of Piotrkow, Ru ian Poland, 92 miles southwest of Warsaw. Population (1890), 5,677. Lasker (läs'ker), Eduard. Born at Jarocin, Posen, Pru ia, Oct. 14, 1829: died at New York, Jan. 5, 1884. A German statesman, one of the founders and leaders of the National Liberal party. He entered the Pru ian Landtag in 1865, and the German Reichstag in 1867, and headed the sece ionists from the National Liberal party in 1880. Lasker, Emanuel. Born at Berlin chen, near Berlin, Dec. 24, 1868. A noted German che player. A match with W. Steinitz for the che cham pionship of the world, played March 15 to May 26, 1894, at New York, Philadelphia, and Montreal, resulted in favor of Lasker by 10 games to 5, with 4 draws. He also won the return match in 1896. Laski (läs'kē), or a Lasco (ä läs'kō), John. Born at the castle of Lask, Poland, 1499: died at Kalisch, Poland, Jan. 13, 1560. A Polish Protestant theologian, the second son of Jaroslaw, baron of Lask. He studied at Bologna 1515-17; was ordained a priest and dean at Gnesen 1521; went to Basel in 1523, and lived for a year with Erasmus; returned to Poland in Oct., 1525; and became bishop of Vesprim in 1529, and archdeacon of Warsaw in 1538. He became a reformer of the Swi school. In 1540 he settled in Emden, East Fries land; was appointed pastor of a congregation there in 1542; went to England on the invitation of Cranmer in Aug., 1548, returning to Emden in March, 1549; and returned to England in May, 1550, remaining there until Sept., 1553. While in England he was superintendent of the Church of Foreign Protestants in London, and took an important part in the discu ions of ecclesiastical affairs. He was a voluminous writer. La Sorbonne. See Sorbonne , La . Las Palmas. See Palmas , Las . Las Pilas (läs pēʻläs). An extinct volcano in Nicaragua, Central America, east-northeast of Leon.