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- attendants. The boxes are very spacious, and 



- . tguntly fitted up. It is said in a small work, pub- 



Milan in 1817> that sometimes 40 horses 



rt-id GOO persons are brought on the stage ; and the 



the.'- '-.ilfully constructed, that the performance 



its history ascends to a very ancient ':itt- ; and none Milborne 

 has been more exposed to the competition of contend- B 

 ing powers; it is supposed to have been founded by " 

 the Gauls two centuries later than the building of """*" 

 Home, whose early history, however, rests on the i 



ii quite audible in" parts paost distant from the per- uncertain data. In modern times, it has belonged to 

 formers. Tlie hour of night is denoted from a trans- Spain, Austria, and France ; but, although taken and 

 parcncy on the arch of the pro cvniuin. Besides this, 

 there are several other theatres, one erected after the 



same rr.uJel, but smaller, ar.d less decorated, for a 



re- taken se\eral times since the French revolution, it 

 was always without bloodshed. When the kingdom of 

 Loinbardy was formed by Bonaparte, he was crowned 



French company ; and another ior the performance of here with the iron crown of the ancient kings of 



Lbmbardy ; and thenceforth Milan was considered the 

 real capital of Italy. By his order, the fortifications 



performers are generally engaged in gratifying the were dismantled, and he built a triumphal arch of 



amateurs. Some of the best operas extant liave been 

 composed for the theatre of Milan ; arid some eminent 



public taste lor music. 



usement, called the Arena, was lately of the Observatory, <J 

 ! on the outskirts of the city, tor the exliibi. ii8' 2" north. 

 tion of great spectacles, and is capable of accommoil it- 

 ing 30,000 persons It consists of an oval amphithea- 

 tre, partly of grassy banks, partly of stone. The lower 

 part of this Arena, which is 400 fathoms long, and 2OO 



white marble, to record his own exploits. Longitude 

 1 1' -15" east, and Latitude 45" 



MILBORNE.PoRT, is a borough- town of England, in 

 the comity of Somerset. It is situated at the foot of a 

 steep hill, on the river Ive, principally on both sides of 

 the high-rood from Yeovil to Shaftesbury. The church 



broad, may be entirely inundated by means of a small is a neat edifice, built in the form of a cross ; but tbe 



houses, which are disposed in four streets, are, in ge- 

 neral, irregularly built, and detached from one another. 

 The guild-hall is an ancient building, with a door-case, 

 partly of Saxon, and partly of Norman architecture. 



canal traversing it, and there nautical exhibitions, like 

 the ancient naumachiu, may be shewn : as wu done to 

 entertain Bonaparte. 



Milan contains many fine houses ; some distinguish- , , f _ 



ed by their architecture, other., 1 y their spacious apart* It has considerable manufactures of dowlas, ticking. 



ments and elegant furniture. I- or the most put, they linsey, stockings, and shoes, which employ a number of 



are decorated externally with lofty granite columns, hands. The population f the borough and parish, in 



-iiplMTtin? large projecting cornices. That of the fa- 1MI, was _.'V inhabited houses, 132 families, and IOOO 



miiv of Litta has a facade with S-i pillars, besides four inhabitants. See Collinson's Hiilory and Antiquities r,f 



" portico. Homertttthirt, vol. ii. ; and The beauties of England 



\\ m ti\ ity prevails in Milan, which is a place of and Wale*, vol. xiii. p. 584. 



M I I.E. See MEASURES, Vol. XIII. p. 496. 

 MII.I'I \\ See AGRICULTURE, Vol. I. 



considerable trade and manufacture. Workmanship in 

 metaU, embroidery in gold and silver, are executed 

 in a superior style. There are extensive manufactures 

 of silk in its different branches ; of wool ami goats' hair, 

 class and porcelain. Mosaic work, ami that in pietra 

 dura, i prosecuted on a larger scale, and in greater va- 

 than in any other part of Europe. Lately a 

 piece of Mosaic, representing the Ut supper, with fi- 

 gures as large as life, wa executed in colours after na- 

 ture, on <ix pannels, extending 30 feet in length and 

 7 in height. It was commissioned by Bonaparte, at 

 the price of 5000, but the overthrow of his govern- 

 ment interrupted the work, which has been 

 very recently for another sovereign. The fertility of 

 the neighbouring territory, in fruit, grain, and pastur- 

 age, affords abundant supplies, both for the consump- 

 tion of the city ami for ex|M>rt. 



Milan consists of 61 parishes, containing 120,000 or 

 1 30,000 souls. By some, the population is rated nearly 

 one-fourth higher ; and it is said to have been so in the 

 course of the preceding century. In 1766, by actual 

 mention, the inhabitants amounted to] 1 1,450, exclusive 

 of those occupying the religious houses, and a certain 

 part of tbe suburbs. The state of society is considered 

 igreeable. Frankness and hospitality distinguish 

 the citi/ens among strangers, and urbanity among them- 

 selves. They are devout and bigoted, it is said ; but 

 the austerities of monastic life, always calculated to de- 

 grade the more amiable sensibilities of mankind, are 

 greatly softened here. A love of show prevails among 

 the higher ranks to a much greater extent than con- 

 sistent with their fortune, and luxury seems to be mak- 

 ing the same inroads as in the other cities of Europe. 



Milan, in respect to size, is the fourth city of Italy ; 



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p. 2fW. 



M M.l OUD.or.MiLFORD-HAVKN.is thcnameof a sea- 

 port town of >outh Wales, in the county of Pembroke, 

 beautifully situated on a small promontory, the sides of 

 which descend gently to the sea. The principal har- 

 bour extends to the south, and resembles a large lake. 

 It has sixteen creeks, five bays, and 13 roads. It is 

 regarded as the safest and most commodious in the 

 world, and is capable of holding a thousand sail in per- 

 fect security. The town consists of three streets, ex- 

 tending from east to west. The church, which is a hand- 

 some building, consisting of a nave, chancel, and two 

 side aisles, stands at the end of the lower row of houses. 

 The old chapel of St. Catharine stands at a short dis- 

 tance to the east, and has been converted into a powder 

 magazine. The market-house and custom-hou.-e are 

 neat buildings. Two batteries, each mounting seven 

 guns, have also been erected for the defence of the 

 town. 



The principal trade of Milford consists in its South- 

 Sea whale-fishery, which has been successfully prose- 

 cuted by a colony of Quaker*, from the island of Nan- 

 tucket. There is likewise some trade in wood and na- 

 val stores. A dock-yard was formed at the suggestion 

 of Lord Spencer, and several large ships of war were 

 built in it, and others repaired. Longitude of Milford 

 steeple 5 20' 13" west, and Latitude 51 42' 43" north. 

 See Corbet's Geographical Dictionary of Waltt ; Fen- 

 ton'i Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire ; and. the 

 Ucatitiet oj' England and Wales. Vol. xviii. p. 740T . 



MILlAKY FEVEB. 

 732. 



See MEDICINE, TO), xiii. p. 



