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 CHAUNCEY CHAUNY 345 leon, March 1, 1814, which afterward became the basis of the holy alliance. CHAUNCEY, Isaac, an American naval officer, born at Black Kock, Conn., Feb. 20, 1772, died in Washington, Jan. 27, 1840. He com- menced his career in the merchant service, in which he became distinguished for seaman- ship, enterprise, and energy. He entered the navy as lieutenant in 1799, and early in 1802 was appointed acting captain of the frigate Chesapeake, of 38 guns, the flag ship of a squadron ordered to the Mediterranean, under the command of Commodore Valentine Morris, to operate against Tripoli. He served actively during a large part of the war with Tripoli, and also in the squadrons of Commodores Preble and Rodgers, in command of the John Adams, of 28 guns. In the brilliant operations before Tripoli in 1804 he bore a distinguished part. In that year the grade of master commandant (afterward commander) was reestablished in the navy, and he was one of eight lieutenants promoted to it. In April, 1806, he was ad- vanced to the rank of captain. In the war of 1812 the naval superiority on the lakes be- came an object of high importance, and Com- modore Chauncey, then in command of the navy yard at New York, was appointed to command on all the lakes except Champlain. On Oct. 6, 1812, he arrived at Sackett's Har- bor, and entered upon his duties. In 1813 he cooperated with the land forces in the capture of York (now Toronto), and also of Fort George, which led to the evacuation by the British of the whole Niagara frontier. Du- ring the summer of that year he was engaged in watching the enemy and superintending the ship building at Sackett's Harbor. On Sept. 27 Chauncey succeeded in engaging the Brit- ish squadron in York bay, which resulted in the retreat and pursuit of the latter. On Oct. 6 he captured five of the enemy's vessels with part of a British foreign regiment. On Aug. 9, 1814, he appeared off Kingston and block- aded the squadron of Sir James Yeo for six weeks, and held the command of the lake un- til the close of navigation. Peace was con- cluded before operations could be commenced in the ensuing spring. During his subsequent career he commanded the navy yard at New York at different times ; also the squadron in the Mediterranean, and with William Shaler, consul, negotiated a treaty with Algiers. He also served upon the board of navy commis- sioners, to the presidency of which he was ap- pointed in June, 1833, and held this position at the time of his death. ni.U'MY. I. Charles, second president of Harvard college, born in Hertfordshire, Eng- land, in 1592, died Feb. 19, 1672. Educated at Westminster and Cambridge, he made the acquaintance of Archbishop Usher, and was appointed professor of Hebrew, and afterward of Greek, at Cambridge. Leaving that posi- tion soon after, he took the vicarage of Ware, Hertfordshire. His stern Puritanism involved him in a difficulty with the ecclesiastical judi- catories on the publication of the "Book of Sports," and the introduction of railing out the communion table. He was imprisoned and fined for his denunciation of these acts of the church, and recanted, but soon repented of his recantation. He therefore determined to em- bark for New England, where he arrived June 1, 1638. Here he was reordained, and for three years remained in Plymouth as assistant pastor, and then became pastor at Scituate, Mass. There he remained until the change in the ecclesiastical polity of England, when he resolved to return to his vicarage in Ware, which had invited him home. But the first president of Harvard college, Mr. Dunster, having resigned, the office was offered to Mr. Chauncy, accepted (1654), and held until his death. He published sermons (1655-'9), and Antisynodalia Americana (1662). II. Charles, an American clergyman, great-grandson of the preceding, bom Jan. 1, 1705, died Feb. 10, 1787. He graduated at Harvard college in 1721, and was ordained pastor of the first church in Boston in 1727, as the colleague of Mr. Foxcroft. He was a copious writer, and published many works; among the rest a " Complete View of the Episcopacy," being the substance of a discussion with Dr. Chan- dler of New Jersey ; " Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England ;" "Dis- course on Enthusiasm;" "Remarks on the Bishop of Llandaff's Sermon;" "Mystery hid from Ages, or the Salvation of all Men ;" and "The Benevolence of the Deity." He was for 60 years the minister of one parish. III. Charles, an American jurist, born at Durham, Conn., June 11, 1747, died in New Haven, April 28, 1823. He was admitted to the bar in 1768, and removed to New Haven. He was made attorney for the state of Connecticut in 1776, and judge of the superior court in 1789. In 1793 he retired to private life. He was not college bred, but was a good scholar and a clear-headed man. He taught jurisprudence for 40 years. IV. Charles, an American law- yer, son of the preceding, born in New Haven, Aug. 17, 1777, died Aug. 30, 1849. He re- moved to Philadelphia after completing his studies, and was admitted to the bar in 1799, where he soon held a divided honor of prece- dence with John Sargeant and Horace Binney. The various honors of state and judiciary which were tendered to him he declined. He was a man of great erudition, of winning manners, and of unimpeachable integrity. CHACNY, a town of France, in the depart- ment of Aisne, partly built on an island in the river Oise, which is here connected with the canal of St. Quentin, situated on the Northern railway (from Paris to Cologne), 66 m. N. E. of Paris ; pop. in 1866, 9,080. The town derives its principal commercial importance from the glass works of St. Gobain, which are about 7 m. distant. It has manufactories of cotton fabrics, soda, and sulphuric and muriatic acids.