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 354 CHEHALIS CHELARD (1857) ; and " Guilt of Slavery and Crime of Slaveholding" (1860). II. Henry Theodore, an American clergyman and author, brother of the preceding, born at Hallowell, Me., in 1814. He graduated at Bowdoin college in 1834, and in 1835-'6 was a correspondent from Spain, France, and Louisiana of the New York "Evangelist." He afterward studied theology at Bangor, visited the Sandwich Islands, and was successively minister of Congregational churches at Lodi, N. J., in New York, at Greenport, L. I., at Jewett City, Conn., and since 1864 at Worcester, Mass. He was secre- tary and agent of the church anti-slavery so- ciety from its origin in 1859 to its close in 1864. He has published "Life in the Sandwich Islands" (1850); "Memorials of Nathaniel Cheever, M.D."(1851); "Memoir of Walter Colton " (1852) ; "The Pulpit and the Pew" (1858) ; " Tracts for the Times " (1859) ; " Way Marks in the Moral War with Slavery " (1861) ; and several volumes of travel and adventure among the islands of the Pacific, for the young. CHEHALIS, a W. county of Washington ter- ritory, bordering on the Pacific, and watered by the Kwuantl river and the Chehalis and its tributaries; area, 1,600 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 401. Gray's harbor, a capacious and landlock- ed bay, is in this county. Timber is abundant, and the soil is very fertile. The chief produc- tions in 1870 were 8,845 bushels of wheat, 3,345 of oats, 9,860 of potatoes, 746 tons of hay, and 21,890 Ibs. of butter. There were 129 horses, 505 milch cows, 1,145 other cattle, 847 sheep, and 293 swine. Capital, Montesano. CHEIROPTERA. See BAT. CHEIROTIIERH M. See LABYBIXTIIODON. CHEKE, Sir John, an English scholar, born at Cambridge, June 16, 1514, died Sept. 18, 1557. After distinguishing himself as a clas- sical scholar at St. John's college, Cambridge, he was selected to fill the new professorship of Greek founded by Henry VIII. In this po- sition he labored to restore the original pro- nunciation of Greek, in which he was thwart- ed by Bishop Gardiner, then chancellor of the university. In 1544 he was appointed, with Sir Anthony Cooke, tutor to Prince Edward, and he appears also to have had the princess Elizabeth under his care. When Edward VI. came to the throne he rewarded him by lucrative offices in the church, caused him to be elected provost of King's college, and made him commissioner to revise the ecclesiastical laws, gentleman of his household, knight, and in 1553 clerk of the council, privy councillor, and one of the secretaries of state. On the king's death h supported the movement that placed the crown for a few days on the head of Lady Jane Grey. For this, on Queen Mary's accession, he was sent to the tower, but was pardoned after a year's imprisonment. Fore- seeing evil days, he obtained permission to so- journ on the continent, and fixed his residence at Strasburg, where he was prominent in the services of the English church established there. This gave offence to the powers in England ; his property was confiscated, and he was compelled to teach Greek for a livelihood. In 1556 he was inveigled, through the means of the British minister, to Brussels, to meet his wife. On returning he was arrested on a slight charge, and was conveyed to England, where the queen sent Feckenham, dean of St. Paul's, to convert him, with the alternative of going to the stake if impenitent. Cheke's constancy gave way. He made a public recantation; but, being compelled to assist at the condemna- tion of Protestants, he died of vexation and remorse, and was buried in St. Alban's church. He wrote several learned religious works in Latin. His only English composition is a pamphlet published in 1549, entitled "The Hurt of Sedition, how Grievous it is to a Com- monwealth." He left several works in MS., among them a translation of Matthew's Gospel into words derived mainly from Saxon roots ; also a plan of spelling words by sound, almost similar to that since developed as phonography. He is, however, chiefly distinguished for the impulse he gave to the study of the Greek language and literature. Strype's " Life of Cheke " appeared at London in 1705. CHEKIANG, an E. province of China, border- ing on the Pacific, and including the Chusan archipelago, between lat. 27 and 81 N., and Ion. 118 and 123 E., traversed by the great canal, the Tsientang and other rivers; area, about 40,000 sq. m. According to Chinese au- thorities, the population in 1864 was 26,756,784. Baron Richthofen (Shanghai, 1871) concedes an aggregate population of barely 6,000,000, of whom 2,000,000 live in the five chief cities. But his estimate does not seem to be corroborated. Ohekiang is among the most fertile and pros- perous regions of China ; and a large business is transacted in the principal ports, Ningpo and Hangchow, which are open to foreign com- merce. The staple export is silk. The green tea country is situated near the Tsientang river, W. of Ningpo, and tea is extensively exported, as well as cotton, indigo, camphor, coal, and fruit. Gold and silver stuffs, paper, and fer- mented liquors are manufactured and largely exported. Hangchow is the capital, but the governor general of the two provinces of Fo- kien and Chekiang had his official residence in 1871 at Foochow, the capital of Fokien. CHELARD, Hippo!) te Andre Jean Baptlste, a French composer, born in Paris, Feb. 1, 1789, died in Weimar, Feb. 12, 1861. The son of a musician, he studied in Paris, Rome, and Naples, and his first comic opera, Casa da ten- dere, was performed in the latter city in 1815. In 1816 he became a violinist at the grand ope- ra in Paris, and a music teacher. The above mentioned opera was produced at the Italian theatre in 1816, and Macbeth, a lyrical opera in three acts, at the grand opera in June, 1 827. Al- though Rouget de Lisle wrote the libretto, and the trio of the witches and the choruses pro- duced a great dramatic effect, the opera was not