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M -A L 22 ) M A N
MALAGA, a port uf Spain, in tne pfovincc of
Granada, Gtuated in rhe Mediterranean, fixty .Gx
mil.. nonh-ealt of Gibraltar: W _long_ 4° 45', N_ Iat_
36° 4°'-
M ALAGMA, a cat.pl.fm_ See CATAPLAS>t.
M AL AMOCCA, a [mall iflaDd and pOrHown io th.
Jagun~ s ofVenice, fituated five miles routh of Ihat city.
M ALDIVA- ¡ SLANDS, are about a ,boufand fmall iOands
in rhe Indian ocean, 500 oliJes [ourh \Vell of lhe con·
tineol of lhe hither India, extending from lhe Cecond
degree of fouth lati,ude, tO the feven,h degree of north
la[imde.
M AL DON, a porr-town of E{fex, ten miles of
Chelmsford_ It fcnds two members to p.rli.ment_
M AL E , among zoologifls, ,hat fex of animals which
has lhe pan s of generarían without Ihe body.
M ALIGNANT, among phyficians, a term applied to
diCeares of a very dangerous "a.Lllre, and generally ¡D–
fe(tious: fueh are the dyfeotery, hofpil)l'l-fever, -ó e_
in their wortl fiages. I
MALL, or SEA' fotALL, in ornithoJogy. See LARUS,
M ALLEABL E, a property of metals, whereby ,hey are
capable of being extended under the kammer.
M ALLEUS, iD anatomy. See ANATnMV, p. 297.
MALLOW', in botany. See MALVA.
M ALMSBURY, a borough·town of Wiltnlire, thirty
miles fouth ·weH of Saliíbury: it fends two members
to parliament.
M ALO, or SI M ALO, a city and port-town of France,
in t,hc pro\!ince of Britany, fituated on a rock, in the
Englifh channel, but joined te the continent by a caufe–
way: W. long. 2°, N. lat. 48° 40'.
MALOPE, in bOlany, a genus of the monadel phia po–
Iyandria c1afs. lt has a double calix, the exterior one
having thrce le;¡,ves; and the caprule conuins but one
reed. There is only one fpecies, • Dative of M auri–
tanía.
MALPIGHIA, in botany, a genus of the decandria
tr¡gyoja c1ars . The calix coofias of five Ic::aves, and
Ihe corolla of five roundilh petals ; and ,he berry has
one ccU ~nd three reeds. T here are nine fpeciesJ none
of them natives of Britain.
MALPLAQYET, a village in the Aunrian N e,herlands,
in the provlnce af Hainault, about feven miles from
Mons.
M ALT . See BREW tN G.
MALTA, the capiral of a fmaJl ifl. nd of rhe (:vne name
in the Medire:rranean, is fi tu:\tcd in E . long. J5°, N .
la" 35° 15' i confiOing of tlnee towns, fepafined by
channels, which form fo many p~niofulas of fDlid rock,
rifing a J!reat height above.A'he fea.
Kfli/?,htJ o/ M ALTA, otherwire caJled Hofp ilo/"'J of SI.
] oh" if ]uujalt'7!J . a religious milit:uy arder, whoCe
refidence i5 in lhe in \nd of Maha , The order confins
of three enciteS, the knights, chaplains, and Cervants
at arms : t.herc are alfo priefls \Vho officiate in the
churches; friar fevants, who affifi at the offices : and
donnes, ordcmicrofl'cs; bUI theCe are DOt reckoned con–
fli tuent pan s of the body. T he goveTnmcnl of che ar–
der is mixtJ being partly monarchical, and partly ari–
Hocr.tÍcal : tbe grand mafler is fovereign. T he knights
formerlyconfined of eight different I.nguages, bUI no\ll
on:, [,ven, Ihe Englifh havlllg withdrawn themfel ves_
None are admlued' imo this ordtr but {uch as are of
Doble birth: lhe knights are of IWO Corts, thoCe who
have a right 'o be eandid. ,.s for Ihe dignity of grand
m.aer..,.alled grand cro{fes, and thofe who are only
koights affifiants: they ne(rtr marry, yet have continued
from 1090 lO lhe prefení lime. The kr.ights are re–
ceived joto this order, either by ond~rgoing the trials
prefcribed by ffatutes, or by difpeof.tion.
MALTON, a borough Df York011fe, fituatcd 00 the ri–
ver D erwent, twenty miles no!'th-eall of York. It
fends t\VO members to parli.tment.
M ALV 4., in botany, a genus of ,he monadelphia polyan–
dria c1afs . 'rhe calix is dooble, the exterior one con–
fi Uing of three leaves j and thert' are many capfoles,
containing each one reed. There are 22 fpecies, five of
thcm oativt's of Bntain, viz. the fylvelhis, or commoa
mallow j th~ rotundirolia, or dwarf mallow; the par–
viBora, or fmaJl flowered mallow ¡ lhe alcea, or vervain
m... llo\V; and the moCchata. or jagged-Ieaved vervain
" ..Jlow. T he leaves of the m. llow are emoJlient.
M :tI. LUS ,inbotany SeePvRus ~ .
M AMA L UKES, ,he o~me of a dynafly that reigoed in
E gypt.
The M am.lukes were originaJly T urkilh .nd Cireaf–
fia·Oaves, bought ofthe T artars by Melieraleh, lO the
number of a thonfand , whom he bred up te arms, and
raifed fome to the principal olfices of the empire. They
killed fultan Moad.m, 10 ",hom they fucceeded.
Others (ay, that lhe mamalukes were ordinarily cho–
fen {rom among the Chriílian Oaves, and chat they "'ere
the (ame thiog in a great meafure wHh rhe J.lOilF.:lTies
among the T urks. Theynever married. They Sra are
faid tOhave beenbroQghl from Circallia, and fome ha\·c
fuppofed that they bogan to reign about rhe year 869.
M AMMJE, ioanatomy. SeeANATOMY, p. 277.
M AMMEA, iD botany, a genus of the polyandria mono–
gynia clafs. T he corolla confifls of four pe"ls, and
the calix of t\Ve Icaves; and the berry is large, and con–
taios four reeds. Tbere are t\Yo fpecies, D'ODe of them
natives of Briuin.
MAN, in zoology. See HOM o .
MANCHESER, a large lOwn of L ancalhi,e, forty miles
fouth- ean of L aneafler.
M AN D AMUS, in la\\', a wr:t th., i{fu e. out of the court
of king's bench, Cent to acorporalion, commanding them
to admit or renore a perfoo tO his office,
M AND .'\RINS, a Dame give to the magiflrates and go–
vernors of provinces in China, who are chof!.!n out of
Ihe mon learned men, and whofe;: go\'ernmcm is ahvays
at a great dillance from the placeof rheir birth . MAn–
darin is alCo a Dame given by the Chin~fc tO lhe learn·
ed language of lhe country i for befides the language
peculiar tOevery province. there is one common tO all
Ihe learned io the eOlpire. whieh 1S in China ""hat Latio
is in Europe; this is caBed the mandarín tongue) or che
language of the court.
MAND AT E , in law, a judicial commandment to do·
fomelhing. See MANDAMUS .
MAND.\TE, iD Seots laIV. Se. LA\\', Ti!. xxii. 9·
MAN·