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 600 BEUTIIEN BEVERLY administration; and it was chiefly due to his influence that Austria maintained peace with foreign powers, and became apparently recon- ciled with Prussia at the end of the Franco- German war. His persevering efforts to effect a harmonious union between the non-German and German elements of the empire, as well as his opposition to the ultramontane party and the jealousies excited by his all-controlling influence, involved him in many difficulties, which terminated with his resignation in No- vember, 1871. (See AUSTRIA, vol. ii., pp. 150- 153.) The emperor in a complimentary letter thanked him warmly for his past services, and appointed him a member for life of the upper chamber of the imperial diet. In December, 1871, he was appointed Austro-Hungarian am- bassador in London. See Ebeling, Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust, sein Leben und vornehmlich sein staatemdnnisches WirJeen (2 vols., Leipsic, 1870). BEUTHEJV, the name of two towns of Prussia, in the province of Silesia. I. Benthen in Upper Silesia, or Oberbeotben, in the district of Oppeln, is situated on the Klodnitz, 50 m. S. E. of Oppeln; pop. in 1871, 17,946, having increased during the last ten years with great rapidity. The town has manufactures of cloth and linen, and near it are iron and lead mines. It is the chief place of the possessions of Count Henckel of Donnersmark. II. Bentben on the Oder, or Niederbenthen, in the district of Liegnitz, situ- ated on the Oder, 66 m. N. W. of Breslan ; pop. in 1871, 3,826. It is the capital of the former principality of Oarolath-Beuthen. BEVELAM*, North and South, two islands of Holland, in the province of Zealand, formed by branches of the Scheldt ; united area, 154 sq. m. ; pop. 28,300. They lie E. of the island of Walcheren. South Beveland, the larger and more fertile, is also called by the Dutch Land van Ter-Goes. It has an active grain trade, and contains Goes, the capital, with a new harbor, and several forts and villages. BEVEREN, a borough of Belgium, in the province of East Flanders, 6 m. W. of Ant- werp; pop. in 1866, 7,151. It has manufac- tures of lace, linen, cotton, and of wooden shoes. BEVERIDGE, William, an English prelate, born at Barrow, Leicestershire, in 1638, died in Lon- don, March 5, 1708. At the age of 20 he pub- lished an able Latin treatise on the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan lan- guages. In 1681 he became archdeacon of Col- chester; in 1684, prebendary of Canterbury; and at the revolution of 1688, chaplain to Wil- liam and Mary. He declined the bishopric of Bath and Wells on the deprivation of Bishop Ken for non-juring, but in 1704 he accepted the see of St. Asaph. He left the greatest part of his estate for religious purposes, and his whole life, which he ended in the cloisters of Westminster abbey, was devoted to piety and charity. His works include " Treatise on Chro- nology," "Canons of the Greek Church to the Eighth Century," and " Private Thoughts upon a Christian Life." The last named, written at the age of 23, but not published until after his death, has been very popular. The first col- lective edition of his English works was pub- lished by the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Home, with a life and critical examination, in 1824, in 9 vols. 8vo. A more complete edition is that of Oxford in 12 vols. 8vo, 1844-'8. BEVERLEY, a municipal and parliamentary borough of England, capital of the E. Riding of Yorkshire, 28 m. E. S. E. of York, and 8 m. N. N. W. of Hull ; pop. of the municipal borough in 1871, 10,218. The modern part of the town is well built. The most ancient and finest pub- lic building is the minster or collegiate church, founded by John of Beverley, with the famous Percy shrine within the choir. St. Mary's church is a large and handsome Gothic building. The ancient grammar school, with a library, is one of the many educational institutions. A new cattle market was built in 1864. The chief trade is in agricultural products, and also in coal, timber, and cattle. There are many tan- neries and manufactories of agricultural imple- ments and of firearms, and the iron founderies are among the most extensive in England. Beverley sent two members to parliament till 1870, when it was disfranchised. The origin of the town is traced to the 8th century. Ath- elstan granted a charter to it in the 10th cen- tury. It was a manufacturing town at an early period, but the superior advantages of Hull interfered with its progress. Sir John Hotham, governor of Hull under Charles I., who had been member of parliament for Bev- erley, was arrested here by his nephew in 1643, on account of his treasonable correspondence with the royalists, and was executed with his son in London. BEVERLEY, John of, an English prelate, born at Harpham, Northumberland, in the 7th cen- tury, died at Beverley in May, 721. He was abbot of the monastery of St. Hilda, and his reputation for learning and piety induced Al- fred, king of Northumberland, to obtain his appointment in 685 as bishop of Hexham, and in 687 as archbishop of York. He was the tutor of Bede. In 717 he retired to Beverley, where he had previously founded a college for secular priests. He is said to have written homilies on the Gospels and a commentary on St. Luke, but they are not extant. Bede and others ascribe miracles to him, and he was canonized three centuries after his death. William the Conqueror was said to have refrained from molesting his native place, out of respect for him. BEVERLY, a post town of Essex co., Mass., on an arm of the sea, opposite Salem, with which it is united by a bridge, and 16 m. N. N. E. of Boston, on the Eastern railroad; pop. in 1870, 6,507. It contains a bank, a weekly newspa- per, an insurance office, an academy, and man- ufactures boots and shoes, &c. Two vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 220, are employ-