GENE V A. 



.commanders made their entry at the head of their rtfpcftivc 

 -troops, with drums beating' ;iiid colours flvinp. Thcarillo- 

 cratical party ct-lcbratrd their triiunph with balls, feafts and 

 every fpeeies of public diverlion. A committee, appoint- 

 ed by the great and little councils, prepared, in concert with 

 the three generals, an edi.l: for new modelling the conftitu- 

 tion, which, being approved at the courts of V^rfailks and 

 Turin, and by the canton of Bern, was confirmed by the 

 great and little councils. Much as the Genevans feemed to 

 deplore the confequences of this revolution, the change tliat 

 was made in their conrtitution, and the diminution of that 

 liberty to which they had been accullomed, and to which 

 they afcribcd the increafe of their population and riches, the 

 ferment foon fubiided : and excepting the principal leaders, 

 thofe of the popular party who were banifhcd, and fome 

 few others who raiounced their country under the influence 

 of their political principles, the greater number of the emi- 

 grants, returned, and again fettled in the place of their nati- 

 vity. According to Mr. Coxe, this revolution caufed 

 fcarccly 60.0 perfons to leave Geneva. The emigrants prin- 

 cipally eftablilhed themfelvcs at Bruffels and Conftance ; 

 where they introduced manufaftures of linen and of watches. 

 A plan was alio formed for giving an afylum to the Ge- 

 nevan emigrants in Ireland, (.See Ahiu Geneva.) The 

 form of goyernment eitabliilied in J782 underwent another 

 very conliderable change in confequence of the revolution 

 in 1789. The ariftocratical party was obliged to yield, on 

 .this occafion, to the tumultuous demands of the people ; and 

 when the folicitor-general, in the name of the citizens and 

 burghers, requefted the recovery of their ancient liberties, 

 the permiffion of bearing arms, the re-eftablifliment of the 

 militia, and of their circles or political clubs, the removal of 

 tlie garrifon from the barracks, and the recal of the repre- 

 fentaiits baniflied in 1782 ; Inch moderate demands were 

 .received with fatirfadf ion ; and tlie new edift of pacification, 

 under the title of " Modifications a 1' Edit de 1782," was 

 approved by the Senate, Great Council, and General Coun- 

 -cll. In this latter cotmcU, the" Modifications" were car- 

 jriedby 1321 fuiTrages againlt 52. Tlie publication of the 

 new edift was foUov/ed by loud acclamations and general 

 rejoicings. This new conllitution was judieioufly modelled 

 into a mean between the too popular fornl eftablilhed in 

 1768, and the too ariftocratical form eftablilhed in 1782- 

 It is natural to imagine that the widely extended influence of 

 the French revolution would very foon reach the Gene- 

 .van repuWic. Many, feduced by the principles of infidelity 

 adively difteminated by Voltaire, and fafcinated bv the fyf- 

 tem of general equality laid down in the" Social Contract' 

 ,of Roufieau, whom they proudly ftyled the philoibpher of 

 jGeneva, became the apoftles of irreligion and democracy. 

 Accordingly, a large party was pre-difpofed to admit the 

 French dodtrines ; and in the beginning of 1791, a club, 

 called the " Circle, of Ijght," gave energy and direCf ion to 

 the advocates of gener.d equality. Their efforts were op- 

 pofed by all the friepdi; <:f the conftitution, and two parties 

 were again formed, which threatened the renewal of paft 

 commotions. Intiii3 crins, enr'iTaries from France excited 

 an infurreftion among the pealants of the Genevois, and a 

 large body of them mai'ched towards Geneva, to demand 

 tile extenfion of the burgherAip. Although this firft hof- 

 tile attenipt proved uniu.:cc.''suil, the government, appre- 

 henfive of another infurreSion, and anxious to remove every 

 caule of complaint, granted additional priviieges to the na- 

 tives, and particulai-ly general admilhon to the burgherlhip 

 /or t.he fmall fum of nx guineas, (March 1791.) Soon 

 dfter the .abolition of monarchy, the Briflbtine party, in 

 coijformlty with thoir pl^ of furrounding France with a 



chain of petty rcpubhc?, propoftd to feparate Geneva frnnj 

 the Helvetic confederacy, and eitljer form it into a fmall de- 

 pendent comnionwcalth, or incorporate it with the French 

 republic. Although this attempt failed, the independence 

 of Geneva was at length annihilated, and it was incorporated, 

 together with its territory, witli the French republic in 1 798^ 

 and now forms part of the department of Lemaii, (which 

 fee.) Geneva, according to this new divificn, comprehends 

 three cantons, 22 communes^ on a temtory of izjkiliomc- 

 tres. N.lat. 46 12' 17':, E. long. 6° 8' 30". Mod. Un. 

 Hill. vol. xxxii. Coxe's Travels in Switzerland, vol. ii. 



Genkva, a poft-town of America, in the county of On- 

 tario, and ftate of New York, in the great road from Alba- 

 ny to Niagara, fituated on the bank ot the N.W. corner of 

 Seneca lake, about 74 miles W. of Oneida caftle, and 92 

 W. of Whiteftovvn. It has nearly 100 Louies. N. lat. 42" 

 52'. W. long. 74 6'. 



Geneva, Laie of, or Laie of Leman, a large lake of 

 Switzerland, which ftretches from Geneva to Villeneuve, 

 being in length 54 miles, in tl.e ftiape of a crefccnt ; the 

 hollow is formed by Switzerland, and the convex part by 

 Savoy ; the greatell breadth, from St. Sulpiee to Grande 

 Rive, is 12 miles. Savoy aflords arude and awful boundary 

 of afpiring Alpri, craggy and covered with ice of long 

 Handing. From Geneva to the environs of Laufanne the 

 country Hopes forja confiderab'e diftance to the margin of 

 the lake, and iseniichcd with all the varieties which nature 

 can beftow : the long ridge of the Jura, fertile in paft:urage, 

 and varied with woods, backs this beautiful tradl. Near 

 Laufanne the banks rife very confiderably, and form a moil 

 ciiarming terrace. A few miles beyond is a rapid defcent. 

 Near Vevay begins a plain, which is continued far beyond 

 the end of the lake, but contracting, by tlie approach of the 

 mountains, towards the lake. The colour of the water is 

 extremely beautiful, clear, and at a diftance I'eems of a 

 moft lovely blue. 



Near Geneva the coaft abounds in fmall pebbles covered 

 with a browiT incruftation ; from thence, as far as Laufanne, 

 the (hores are fondy ; between that town and Chillon appear 

 ledges' of rocks, hard and calcareous ; and the extremity of 

 the lake is a marftt formed by the colleftcd mud of the 

 Rhone. The depth is various ; M. De Luc aflerts, tliat ou 

 founding it, he had found the greatell depth to be 160 fa- 

 thoms. The furface of the lake is faid to be 1230 feet, and its 

 deepsft part 837 feet above tlie Mediterranean ; like all in- 

 land lake* enclofed within high mountains, it is fubjedf to 

 fudden ftorms. The flcins of the tippet grebes, which ap- 

 pear in December and retire in February, becaufe this lake 

 is almoft totally dellitute of reeds and rulhes, in vvliich they 

 form their floating neft, are an elegant article of luxury, and 

 fell for about 12 or 14 ftiillings each. This lake abounds in 

 fiih, remarkable both tor their quality and fize. 



GenlVA is alfo a lake in l.Ipper Canada, which forms 

 the weftern e^itremity of lake Ontario, to which it is joined 

 by a fliort and narrou' ftait. 



"Geneva, Ntiv, a thriving poil-town of America, on the 

 bank of the Monongahela river, juft below George's creek, 

 about 1 8 miles N. of Morgantown ; this town is rendered fa- 

 mous as a place of much bufinefs, partly by the glafs-works 

 in its vicinity, wliich not/ only lupply the neighbourhood 

 with window-glafs botiles, &e. but fend large quantities down 

 the river. Here is alfo a paper-mill, and a munufadlory for 

 muflcets. Small boats are alfo built in this place. 



Geneva, Nciu, a village of the county of Waterford, 

 Ireland, nearly oppofite to Duneannon fort, where many 

 good houfes were erected fevcral years ago by government 

 ior the reception of the expatriated citizens of Geneva, but 



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