﻿MONTPELLIER. 



MORAVU. 



wlieoM, Ubls'liocD, blankets, boaiaij, baU, leather, corki, and pap«r, 

 are manufactured ; theae artida*, with wool, wine, brandy, orange*, 

 dtrona, and other fruit*, and the oil of the lurroundini; diatriota, 

 furuiih the obief article* of trade. There are aereral priotiogoffiora, 

 ■upir-rrfineriea, pottrriea, oil-miUi^ paper-miila, and aaw-mill*. In the 

 central prison, which reoeiTe* oonTicta from 20 departmcnta, aeveral 

 articles ot lilk and cotton an manuiiactured. 



Montpellier i* the a*»t of a biabop, whoae diooeee oomprehenda the 

 department of H<ranlt It haa a High Court of juatioe, which has 

 jarisdictioo over the departments of Aude, Avejron, H^rault, and 

 P;r<n<ce-Orientalee ; and a UoiversitT- Academy, the limits of which, 

 aooordiuK to a reoant decree of toe emperor (18fi4), include the 

 drpattmenta of Aude, Oard, H^rault, Loa^, and Pyrin(Ses-Orientalea. 

 There are also a tribunal of first instance, chamber of commerce, an 

 exchange, an eminent medical sobool, a college, a theological achool, 

 a aplendid picture gallery and library called the Mus^ Fabre, a 

 Protestant diurcb, a synagogue, seTeral hospitals, barracks for 2000 

 aoidiera, a Ifont-de-PiA^, a botanie garden, and many acientifio and 

 •daoational institutions. Montpellier is the head-quarters of the 10th 

 Military Division, wliioh comprehends the departments of Lozire, 

 H^ranlt, and Areyron. Montpellier offers many attractions to 

 atrangers, besides the beauty of its situatioa. The air ia purer and 

 less scorch ing and stifling than at ManeiUe ; mosquitoes are less trouble- 

 aome ; an<< &e keen blasts of the Mistral are lees felt 



MONTPELLIER. [LUIBBIOK, County.] 



MONTREAL. [AcDE.] 



MONTREAL, a city and river-port in Canada EUst, is ntuated at 

 the head of shipnavii-ation in the river St. Lawrence, on the eastern 

 aide of the islaud of Montreal, in 45° 80' N. lat, 78° 85' W. long. 

 Being near to the boundary of the two divisiona of the Canadian 

 territory, Montreal has become an important centre of communication 

 between the United State* and the various districts of .Canada. 

 The population in 1851 was 57,715, of whom about two-thirds were 

 Roman Cntholics, chiefly French Canadiaoa, the remainder Protestants, 

 mostly British. 



The city ounsists of the Upper Town and the Lower Town. The 

 Upper Town is diiefly inhabited by the merohanta and upper classes ; 

 the Lower Town is situated along the river-side, and oontains numerous 

 trading esubliahmenta. There are several wide and handsome streets ; 

 the house* are generally built of a gray atone, and most of the roofs 

 an covered with tin-plate*. The principal buildinga are — the govern- 

 ment house, tlie court-house, the ordnance-office, the banks, the general 

 hospital, the market-houses ; the Hdtel Dieu, a large Roman Catholic 

 eoaveotual establishment; the Roman Catholic cathedral, the finest 

 •ecbslMUcal structure in British America ; the asvlinns of Gray Sisters 

 and Blaok Siatan ; the seminary of St. Sulpice ; a handsome Protestant 

 church of Grecian architecture; other cliurches belonging to the 

 Ci'uroh of England and to Protestant dissenten ; Montreal College ; 

 U*OiU Cidle^e ; and the Royal Grammar achooL Then an numerous 

 «tber sohooU, public libraries, and public institutions. A colossal 

 ■tatu* of Nelaon on a Doric column ornaments one of the squares. 

 The harbour is not large, but ia very safe. Ships of 600 tons burden 

 «aa receive and discharge their cargoes at the quays. The rapid of 

 St Mary, about a mile below the city, is surmounted by the aid of 

 ■taam-tuga. Steamers traverse daily between Montreal and Quebec ; 

 Montreal, and Toronto, and Hamilton, calling at intermediate places ; 

 aud Montreal and Kingston, passing Bytown, on the Ottawa, and along 

 the Bid«an CanaL A railway 7 mile* long connect* Montreal with 

 Laoblne, • village of 1076 ioliabilanta, where the up-river steamen lie ; 

 another from Ui Prairie on the oppoaitc side of the river extends 17 

 milrs to St John, on the river Richelieu, oonneoting the city with 

 Lake Champlain, and the Burlington and Boston railways. 



Montreal has an inoreaaing trade in oait-iron founding; and haa 

 manufacturea of soap, omdlee, tobacco, hardware, and floor-cloth ; alio 

 several brawerie* and distiUoies. Two of the new railways to which 

 public aid has been extended are — the St Lawrence and Atlantic rail- 

 way, from the St. Lawrence opposite Montraal to the frontier line, 

 lsa«th 124 niiiss; and the Main Trunk railway, Montreal to Toronto, 

 UO roilaa in length. 



MOKTRKAL, THE ISLAND OF, U aituated in the river St 

 Lawrmea, in North Amerioa, at the confluence of the Ottawa with 

 Um St Lawraooe, 140 mile* S.W. from Quebeo. The greatest length 

 of tlM iaUad is about 88 mils*, and the greateat width about 10 miles. 

 Ob the weatam side the sorfkoe is low and flat, but it rises gradually 

 towarda the sMtem aide, when it forma a ridito, on which the Upper 

 Town of lbs eity of Montreal la built A round hill, locally called 

 * the Mountain,' overlooks the city. The soil of the island is generally 

 fcrtile. 



MONTRBJEAU. [Ojotosai. OaCTC.] 



MONTRELAia [LoiRi.|KrfcRtiuBi.1 



MoKTREUlU fP**oiCAL*i»l 



MONTKKVEL. [AW.] 



MontriOHARD. [Loib-it-Chwl] 



W0NTR08K, Forfarshire, SoutUod, a royal burgh, sea-port, and 

 market-town, in the pariah of Muntniae, situatMl at tLe mouth of the 

 rivsr South Esk, between the large lake or baain of Montrose aud the 

 Ma, ii distant 70 milaa N. by E. from Edinburgh by road, and 75} 

 Bilai by tb* Edinburgh and Northern, and Aberdeen and Forfar 



railwaya. The population of the municipal burgh in 1851 was 14,828; 

 that of the parlinmentory burgh was 15,238. The town is governed 

 by a provost, 8 bailie*, and 15 ooimcillors ; and, in coujuDLtion with 

 Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, and Bervie, returns one member to the 

 Iniperial Parliament 



The town of Montrose ocoupie* a dry and sandy site. One principal 

 atreet, which ia wide and reguUr, extends from north t« south, and is 

 crosaad by several Knallsr stieeta and lanes. Many of the older 

 houses present their gables to the street, aa in Flemish towns. The 

 town is lighted with gss, well paved aud cleansed, and there is a good 

 supply of water. The parish church is a plain but commodious 

 building, with a steeple 200 feet high. There are a chapel of ease, 

 two Episcopal chapels, two Free churches, two for United Presby- 

 terians, and one each for Independents and Methodists ; the Montrose 

 Academy, which bad about 250 scholan in 1853 under 7 teaoben ; 

 Dorward's Seminary; the Straton schools; White's Free school; 

 Established and Free Church schools; a museum; an infirmary; a 

 dispen.«ary; and a savings bank. The public buildings include a 

 custom-house, a towu-house, prison, baths aud waah-houses, a theatre, 

 and a lunatic asylum. The spinning and weaving of flax employ 

 numerous hands. Ship-building and rope- and sail-making ore carried 

 on. There are two staroh-works and a candle-work. An excellent 

 dock haa been recently constructed at a cost of more than 40,000/. 

 A fiue suspension-bridge, erected about 1837, crosses the South Elsk 

 near Montroiie. Thu Links, or town's common, extend for some mile* 

 along thn coast and oSbrd space for a variety of exercises. 



MONTSERRAT, one of the Lci ward Islands, in the West Indies, 

 belongiug to Great Britain, is situated midway between the islands of 

 Guadalope and Nevis, and 27 milea S. W. from Antigua. The greateat 

 length of the ialond is about 12 miles; its greateat breadth is about 

 7 miles. The area is 48 square miles. The population in 18^1 waa 

 7068, of whom only about 150 are whites. 



The island of Montserrat is of volcanic origin. The surface is 

 mountainous, and has in some places an elevation of 2500 feet Some 

 of the mountains are inaccessible, and are separated from each other 

 by chasms almost perpendicular. The mountains are clothed to their 

 summit* with vegetation, including lofty ti^ees and tropical shrubs. 

 The climate is considered exceedingly healthy. The sugar-cane is the 

 principal object of cultivation. Cotton, arrow-root, tamarinds, )K)ta- 

 toes, and fire-wood are exported to a small extent The revenue for 

 the year 1852 was about 4000/. The recent arrival in Montserrat of 

 cultivators from Barbodofrs, with capital, gave some prospect of im- 

 provement in the state of the colony. The debt, amounting to 

 28,000/., is a considerable drawback to the prosperity of the island. 

 The total value of sugar, rum, and molasses, exported in 1851 was 

 16,587/. The number of ships entered inwards in 1861 at Plymouth, 

 the only port on the island, was 184, of 4441 tons burden ; outwards, 

 201, of 4899 tons. Plymouth, situated on the south-west side of the 

 i^and, ia a small but well-built town, and contains the government 

 house, three churches, and two ohapeli of the Establishment Vessels 

 lie off the town in an open roadstead. It is hasardous for ahips to 

 remain at the island during the hurricane mouths, as there is no 

 harbour or bay on any part of the ahore. Boat* of a peculiar con- 

 struction are used for conveying produce and goods from aud to the 

 island. 



Montserrat wa* disoovered and named by Columbus in 1493. In 

 1632 the English made a settlement on it In 16G4 it was taken by 

 the French, but was restored at the peace of Breda. 



MONYASH. [DuBnHiBi.] 



MONZA. [Milan, Province ot] 



MOOR& JBEBBSB8.] 



MOORSHEDABAD. [HiXDOSTAti.] 



MORANO. [Cxi-ABBliL.] 



MURANT BAY. [Jamaica.] 



MORAT. [Fmtbubo.I 



MORAVIA, or MORAW A, RIVER. [Acstbia; Bosnu; Mobavia.] 



MORAVIA (Morawa, Mahren), a Crownland of the Austrian empire, 

 situated between 48' 40' and 50'' 25' N. let, 15° 10' and 10° 6' E. long., 

 including in these limits the north-eastern districts of Troppau and 

 Teachen, which belong to the basin of the Oder, and form Au4lrian 

 Silttia, which now constitutes a distinct crownland of the empire, but 

 previously to 1849 was included in or annexed to Moravia. Moravia 

 is now (Uvided into two circles, Brilnn and Olmiitz. The area and 

 popuUtion according to the oflSoial ntums for 1850-61 an •* 

 follow* : — 



Crownlands. 



Ciralss. 



Area in aq. asilss. 



PopoUUon ia 18S0. 



Horavis . 

 gUesls . . . 



BrflsB . 

 ( Olmftts . 



4,4a« 

 4,1 OS 

 1,87S 



874,»28 

 831,310 

 43B,)86 







Tolsl. 



... 



10,S}I 



J,2S8,4S4 



Moravia is bounded N. by Prussian Silesia, W. by Bohemia, E. by 

 Hungary and Oalicix, and S. by the grand-duchy of Atutria. 



The Vienna-BresUu railway traverses the two crownland*, passing 

 through Sund*nb*rg, Pnrau, and Odenberg, where it autnrs Prussiw 



