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H A

Hippolitlls the martyr, patron

01'

tilo'

eit y of Mcxico ;

a1,eI

,lpprov<.1

pope Gregtli y

),,111.

CH,l lt LDIONT," tvwn

01'

tite provincc of N,mur, in

the ..Iull nao )liethc.lanils, about

ei~htLcn

o,· es foolh

uf Nalllur: E, loog,

4° 40"

alld N, lal.

50°

10,

CIIA HOIONT is alfo Ihe oaOle of a towo of ¡relalltl, r.–

tu:ued on the river IJI.áwater, in the counly of Ar–

magh, anc\ provinee of Ulller, aboul r.x mib fomlt–

eatl of Dunganoon :

long,

6°

50',

and N, lat,

10·

16',

C¡'I.~ RL E ROY,

IIrong tOIVn in the prcvince of N.–

mur, in the ,Iunrian Nelher)ands, r.tuated on the 'ri–

I'er S,IOIbre, ,bout ninelcenmiles wel! of Namur:

long,

4° 20',

and N. lat.

50. 30'.

CHAI~LES's

CAPE,

promonlOry of Virginia, In

Non h Amerita, forming the nonhern head-I. nd of

the

IIrei~hl

that enlers the bay of Cheafepeak.

CHAR LES 's· ro

RT,

a fomefs in the eoumy of COI k, and

provinec of Munller io [reland, r.tu.ted at Ihe mouch

of Kinf,le b3l bour :

long.

8° 20',

and N. laL

2 1',

CHARLE! 'S-TOIVN, the capilal of South Carolina, in

NOllh Ameriea, r.ltlated on a peninfula formed by

AntleyanJ Cuopcr rivers, Ihc former of whieh is na–

ris'ble for fhips Iweoty miles above the town:

\V .

long,

7'1',

and N. lal.

30',

CHARLES'S

IV Al N,

in allronomy, feren lIars in the con–

lIell..ion e.lled

urja

",.jor.

or the great bear,

CH ,IRLETON, ,In inand at the bottoOl of HuMon's–

bay, in Nvllh Ameriea, fuoj ea to Greal Britain:

long,

80° ,

and N, Lit,

30',

CH .~RLOCK,

Ihe En&lifh name of the raphanlls, See

RAP HANUS,

OI.~RM,

a term derived from the Latin

c.rIllM,

verfe; ,nd ufed

denole

magic power, or fpell,

by whieh, wilh the .Ilillanee of lhe devil, foreerm

and wilehes were fuppofed to do IVondcrful thing',

fdl furpalling the power of nature,

CHARNEL, or CHAR NEL- HOU'E, a kind of portieo,

or gallery, ufually in or near a ehllreh-yard, ol'er

whieh

aneicntly laid the bones of (he dead, after

Ihe flelh was wholly eonfumed,

Ch"nel-houfes are now ufll,tlly adjoiniog

the

chorch,

CJ'L~RNUB,

in botany_ See CERATON IA ,

CH ~KT,

or Sf.A-CHART, ao hyJrographieal map, or

a projeélion of (ame pam of the eanh's fuperneies

plano,

fur the ufe of oavigalors, See NAV ICA–

T ION .

1\T

r\-IJ/6.~n.,

Sec MA CN

charla,

CHARTER, In law, a wrimn in{lroment or evidenee

01'

Ihings aaed bctween one perfon and .nolher,

CI1Mters oí pril'ate perfons, are deeos and iollru–

m~nts

fo r the eonveyaoee of lands,

ve,

Here the

purcha:er of I. nd fhal l

h.ve

all the eharters and deeds,

al inciden,

the f. me, aod for the mainten.nee of

hlS tidt, Hut (ltis is underOnoJ IVhere the reolfer is

nOt bOllnrl tO• p,cneral-W,trr:lnly of the land,

CH ARTER, in Seots laIV, thal writing which eon'tains

(he grant of a feudal fobjea to the

van..

1. See Se on

LAlv, tit ,

Of lhe L'Olijlilul:otI

o[b:rilable

righll ,

II A

C'Il ARTOPHYL.'IX, lhe name of an oflim nf Ihe

ehlll eh of Con!l3otioople, who attends at Ihc' door of

Ihe rads wh,n lhe Caeramem is adminillered, and gioe,

nOliee to the plien,

come to the holy table, He

repldents Ihe patriareh upon the beneh, uies all ee–

cldiallieal eallfes,

k~eps

all the marriage regi{ler;,

anln, at the eonfcer.lioll of bifhops, .nd prefcOls the

hifhop elcél at the folemnity, and likel'lifc all mher

fu¡'ordinate clergy, This oflice rcCemoles in fome

fh. pe thal of the olbliothee.rills at ROllle,

CIJ ARTRES, a I.rge eity of franee, in lhe provinee

of Orlc.nois, r.lUated

the river Eure, about folty–

tIVO miles foulh 'lVell of Paris: E, loog, 1

31',

N. I. t_

48°

27.

is a bifhop's fce,

CHARTREUSE, or CHARTREUSE-G U ND, a cele–

br.¡t'd nlonallcry, Ihe eaptlal of all lhe convents of

the

Cmhur.an

monks, r.tuated on a {leep roek in Ihe

middle of a Iarge forefl of nr-trees,

abou~

feven miles

nonh-eall of Grenoble, in the provinee of Dauphinc

ia Franee :

loog,

5°

s',

N, lat,

45°

20',

See

CARTHU ltHS ,

Fromthl! mother-eonveot, alllhe olhers of Ihe fame

ord~rldke

lheir name; among whiehwas theChmreufe

of London, eorrllptly ealled the challer-houfe, now

eonJened into an

h~fpilal,

endowed wilh revenue of

600 1.

prr a"n,

He," are nuintained eighty deeayed geotlemen, no!

uncler fi(ty years of age: Alfo fOlly boys

are

edueatcd

and nucd eimer fnr the

univerr.ly

or trades_ Thofe

fent

che

univerr.ty

, have an exhibition of 20 1. a

year fol' cight years; and have an immediate titic to

oine ehureh.livings in lhe gift of the gOI':rnors of the

hofpital, who are r.xteen in nl1Otber, all perrons of the

orll di{linaion, and

l.ke

lheir turnl in lhe Dominalion

of penfioncrs and (eholars .

CH .~RYBD[S,

a roek in theIIrait of Meffina, between

hal'y and Sieily, moeh eelebrated 'in the wrilings of

ancu:nt puets.

CHAR Y8DIS is alfo an appellation gi'en by Dr Plot to

eenain oreoings in lbe bouom of the fea, whereby Ihe

water is conl'eyed

Ihe origin or fourees of fprings,

rivers,

Oc,

fueh is Maclllroom, on the eoall of Nor)

way, fuppofed tO be. See MAELlTROO'1.

CH A~¡¡NG

o[gold,jilver,

&e_ See ESCH ASINC ,

CHASTE-tm , See VtHX,

CHATELET, the name of cenain eOllrlS of jlllliee el

{lablifhed in feveral eitics in t'ranee, The grandeha–

telet at Paris, is the place where the prefidi alor ordi-_

nary eoun of junice of the provo(l of Paris is kept ;

ellllr.lling of a prefidial, a e,ivil ehamber, a criminal

ehamber, and a ehamber of poliey, The Iiule chatel

let is an old fon , oow fcrving" a prifon.

CHATH:\~I ,

a pon-lowo of Kem, adjoining to Ro–

eheller, r.tuated on the river Mt'dway. Ihirty miles

follth-ean of LonJon: E, long.

40"

N. hll , 51"-'°',

is the principal lI:nion of Ihe royal na"y, furnifh

ed with timuer, rope-yards, ami .11 manner of n,,'al

llores, fullicient for the building and fitling OUt 1he

largen

nw.

CHATTEAU-CAMHRESIS, a lown of the Cambre–

r.s, in the Freoeh NClhetlands, r.tuálcd on lhe river

Sdle,