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He was finally imprisoned by the Austrian government. His autobiography ("Merkwürdiges Leben und Thaten des Freiherrn Franz von der Trenck") was published in 1770. Frenck, Baron Fried rich von der. Born at Königsberg, Pru ia, Feb. 16, 1726: guillotined at Paris, July 25, 1794. A German adventurer, E cousin of Franz von der Trenck. He entered the Pru ian service in 1742; was imprisoned by Frederick the Great at Glatz on account of intrigues; escaped in 1747, and entered the Austrian service in 1749; was again imprisoned by Frederick the Great in Magdeburg until 1763; went to Paris during the French Revolution; and was arrested by Robes pierre and put to death as a secret agent of foreign powers. He published an autobiography in 1786. Trendelenburg (tren'de-len-börg), Fried rich Adolf. Born at Eutin, Germany, Nov. 30, 1802: died at Berlin, Jan. 24, 1872. A noted German philosopher, profe or of philosophy at Berlin from 1833. He was especially noted for his researches on Plato and Aristotle, and as an opponent of Hegelianism. He wrote "Element a logices Aristo telicæ" (1837), "Erläuterungen zu den Elementen der Aristo tel is chen ■ Logik" (1842), "Logische Untersuchungen" ("Logical Researches," 1840), "Hist or is che Beiträge zur Philosophie" (1846-67), "Naturrecht" (1860), etc. Frent (trent). A river of England which rises in northern Staff ords hire, flows through Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln, and unites with the Ouse to form the Humber. Length, about 170 miles; navigable for larger ve els to Gains borough, and for barges to Burton-on-Trent. Prent. A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario. Frent, It. Trento (tren'tō), G. Trient (tre-ent'). [L. Tridentum , from the Trident in i, an Alpine tribe.] The chief city of "Welsch" (non-Ger man) Tyrol, situated on the Adige and on the Brenner Railway in lat. 46° 5′ N., long. 11° 6' Ε. The cathedral, founded 1048, was rebuilt in the 13th and completed in the 15th century. It is in type a Romanesque basilica with two domes. The west portal has two lions. The interior po e es curious monuments and wall-paint ings, and peculiar flights of steps in the aisles. Santa Maria Maggiore is the church in which the Council of Trent met 1545-63. In the choir there is a picture with portraits of the 3 patriarchs, 7 cardinals, 33 archbishops, and 235 bishops who sat in the council. Trent was anciently the 1 capital of the Trident in i, and became succe ively a Roman, Gothic, Lombard, and Frankish city. It pa ed under the rule of the bishops of Trent in 1027, and became connected with Tyrol. Population (1890), 21,486. Frent, Council of. A famous council (usually reckoned as the 18th ecumenical) held (with several prorogations and suspensions) at Trent, in Tyrol, Dec. 13, 1545,-Dec. 4, 1563. It condemned the leading doctrines of the Reformation concerning the Bible, original sin, and justification. Its decrees were confirmed by Pius IV., Jan. 26, 1564. He also published in that year the Tri dentine Profe ion of Faith. Trent, The. A British steamer on which were seized, in the Bahama Channel, Nov. 8, 1861, the Confederate commi ioners to Europe, Mason and Slidell, by the American captain Wilkes. The disavowal of Wilkes's act by the United States government prevented serious complications from arising between the United States and Great Britain.