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WM a clever battle-painter, and led a wandering 

 life. He visited R<uaoQtlMnperar'ieominiMi(M 



in IN04. accompanied Sir John Moore's expedition 

 in IS4IS, became knight commander of tin- order of 

 Hanoi IT in IS32, was afterwards British consul in 

 Yeiie/uehi. Hiul died at St Petersburg, whither his 

 si-tcr .lane ha<l gone to join him, Hh May IM.'i. He 

 published hookxof travel in Rns-ia. Sweden, Spain, 

 Portugal, (Jeorgia, Persia, and Armenia. Her 

 younger -istcr. ANN \ M u:i v POISTER (1780-Utt), 

 IdoMMimed precociously iiitn Artie** Tales ( 1 793-93 ), 

 followed liy n long series of works, among which 

 need only I'M- named Urtiirm (1798), The Lakr /' 

 Killamey (1804), The HuH<i<in,in BrtrfAw* (1807), 

 The Itedute of Norteay (1814), The Fast of St 

 Magdalen (1818), Hunur U'Jlora (1826), and 

 /i,-r</ny (1830). 



Porter. NOAH, philosophical writer, was born 

 14th December 1811, at Kaniiington, Connecticut, 

 graduated at Yale in 1831, studied theology, and 

 was for ten years a Congregational pastor. In 1846 

 he liecame professor of Monil I'hilosophy at Vale, 

 and from 1871 to 1886 he wax president of the college. 

 One of the doctorates received by him was the 

 Edinburgh LL. I), in 1886. Of his numerous works 

 may be mentioned The Human Intellect (1868), 

 Book* and Heading ( 1870), Sciencet of Nature versus 

 the Science of Man ( 1871 ), Elements .,/" Int'llrrtual 

 Science (1872), Etemmts <.f .Mi,n,I Science ( 1886), 

 Kant'* Ethic* ( 1886). Died 4th March 1892. 



Port Erin, a i>ort on the south-west coast of 

 the Isle of Man, on Port Erin Bay, 5J miles W. of 

 Castletown, has a breakwater 950 feet long, and a 

 steamboat pier. One mile to the north -cast there 

 is a runic monumental cross. Port Erin forms part 

 of Kushen parish i pop. 3527). 



Port Kssilliiton, an inlet in the Coburg Penin- 

 sula on the north coast of Australia, forming a line 

 harbour. On its shores there was from 1831 to 

 1850 a penal settlement. 



Porteils, IlKii.iiv, was the youngest but one 

 of nineteen children, and was burn at York, 8th 

 May 1731, his parents iR-ing lioth natives of Vir- 

 ginia. He was educated at Riiion and Christ's 

 College, Cambridge, and graduated as tenth 

 wrangler in 17.VJ. Me was at once made a fellow 

 of his college, took orders in 1757, and became 

 domestic chaplain to Archbishop Seeker in 170'J. 

 Ili~ preferment* were the small livings of Rucking 

 and Witterscham in Kent (1765), which lie soon 

 exchanged for the rectory of H union in the same 

 county, the rectory of Lamlieth (1767), the 

 mastership of the Hospital of St Cross, near Win- 

 chester ( 1769), the bishopric of Chester ( 1776), and 

 of London, in succession to Dr Lowth (1787). He 

 resigned Lamlieth when made Itixhop of Chester, 

 but only gave up Hiiiiton when appointed to the 

 seeof London. Bishop Portens dieu 13th May 1809. 

 ll>- was a sound Churchman, yet moderate, a great 

 enemy of profanity and Sunday concerts, and a 

 warm friend of the West Indian slaves. He was a 

 judicious observer of the times, as in his prudent ly 

 delayed commendation of Sunday schools. His 

 learning was inconsiderable, ami the popularity of 

 his Lecture* on St Mntlheuft Gotpel, and especially 

 his Summary of Christian Kridence*, was solely 

 doe to the absence of better liooks. Porson called 

 him ' Proteus, 1 and Parr descrilxil him as 'a poor 

 paltry prelate, proud of |x>tty popularity, and per 

 I >et ii ally preaching to petticoats.' 



Be* the Panegyric, rmthrr than Life, by the Rev. Robert 

 Hodgion ( 1811 ), editor of bin work* in 6 vol*. : and a very 

 full correnpondenoe in NoU* and Queritt for 1879-81. 



Port Famine, the name given by Cavendish 

 in 1587 to a spot in Patagonia on the north coast 

 of the Stiait- of Magellan. From 1843 to 1853 it 

 was a Chilian penal colony. 



Port-ftlastfow. a town of Renfrewshire, on 

 t lie southern shore of the Kirtb of Clyde, 3 miles 

 I.SK. of Greenock and 20 WNW. of Glasgow. It 

 was founded in 1668 by the magistrates of Glasgow 

 as a harUiur for their city, the deei*ening of the 

 Clyde (q.v.) not having yet been thought of. ID 

 I7IH it was constituted the head custom house on 

 the Civile, and for a while took the lead of Green- 

 ock ; in 1775 it was incorporated as a municipality ; 

 and by the Reform Bill of 1832 it was nutted to 

 the rank of a parliamentary burgh, uniting with 

 Kilmarnock, &c. to return one member. ISuilt on 

 low alluvial ground, and backed by hills 700 feet 

 high, it has a Doric town-house (1818), a public 

 hall (1873), mined Newark Castle (1597), a wet 

 dock of 12 acres (formed since 1834), a huge 

 graving-dock (1874), extensive timl>er-pondg, ship 

 building yards, iron and brass foundries, &c. Pop. 

 (1841) 6938; (1881) 10,802; (1891) 14,685. 



Port Hamilton, a spacious, well -sheltered 

 harbour, formed by three islands of the Nan-how 

 group, 30 miles 8. of Corea and 45 NE. of Quelpart 

 (q.v.). It was annexed by Britain as a prospective 

 coaling M;iti<>n in 1885, but abandoned in the 

 following year. It was discovered and named by 

 Belcher in* 1845. 



Port Hope, a oort of entry of Ontario, on 

 the north shore of Lake Ontario, 63 miles by rail 

 !'.. of Toronto. It has a good harbour, and a trade 

 in lumber and grain, and in the town woollens, 

 buttons, engines, iron castings, &c. are manu- 

 factured. Pop. ( 1881 ) 5581 ; ( 1891 ) 5042. 



Port Huron, capital of St Clair county, 

 Michigan, is on the St Clair River where it issues 

 from Lake Huron, and at the mouth of the Black 

 River, 59 miles by rail NNE. of Detroit. The rivers 

 are crossed by four iron bridges. The city has a 

 fine custom-house (1877), shipyards and dry docks, 

 sawmills, grain -elevators, and machine and rail 

 road shops. Much pine timber is brought down by 

 the Black River. A railway tunnel passing under 

 the St Clair River connects the to\yn with Sarnia, 

 in Canada (see ST CLAIR) ; there is also a steam- 

 ferry to Sarnia, and steamboats ply daily, except 

 in winter, between Port Huron and Detroit. Pop. 

 (1880) 8883; (1900) 19,158. 



Portici, a town of Italy, on the slope of 

 Vesuvius, 5 miles by rail SE. of Naples. Its 

 environs are delightful, and are dotted over with 

 country houses. The royal palace built (1738) by 

 Charles III. is now an agricultural college. There 

 are a small fort, fishing, and sea bathing. Silk- 

 worms are reared and ribbons made. Pop. 12,272. 



Portloners. See HEIR, Vol. V. p. 626. 



Port Jcrvls, a village of New York, on tin- 

 Delaware River, 88 miles bv rail NW. of New 

 York City. It contains railroad shops, planing 

 and other mills, glass-works, and manufactories of 

 boots and shoes, gloves, and watch-cases. Pop. 

 (1880)8678; f!900) 9385. 



Portland, ( 1 ) the largest city and chief seaport 

 of Maine, and capital of Cumlx>rland county, 

 on Casco Bav, 108 miles by rail NE. of Boston. 

 It is situated on a narrow peninsula, embracing 

 24 s<j. m., with broad shaded streets, and handsome 

 public and private edilices, including a court and 

 custom-house, post-office, city hall, observatory, 

 and Baxter and Mechanics Halls. There are 

 rolling-mills, and locomotives, machinery, boiler. 

 stoves, carriages, and shoes manufactured, and 

 sugar and petroleum refined. The harbour, which 

 is defended by three forts, is large, deep, and well 

 sheltered ; there are wharves, elevators, and dry- 

 docks, and an important trade is carried on ; 

 steamers ply direct to Liveriiool in winter. The 

 place was first settled by an English colony in 1632. 



