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 OIBAO CIBOT 571 much to extirpate pseudo-political brigandage. When Garibaldi began his revolutionary move- ment of 1862, Cialdini was sent to Sicily to preserve order in that island ; but the defeat of the former at Aspromonte put an end to this mission, and he resumed the military command of Bologna. In 1864 he became a member of the senate, and urged the removal of the capital to Florence as a strategical necessity. In Feb- ruary, 1865, the king appointed him military commander at Turin. In 1866, as commander of the 4th corps, he operated along the lower banks of the Po, with a view of cutting the Austrian communications east of the quadrilate- ral. After the disastrous battle of Custozza he was obliged to fall back upon Bologna and Piacenza ; but after the battle of Sadowa he was of some service in hastening the retreat of the Austrians toward Tyrol. He succeeded La Marmora as chief of staff, and declined in October, 1867, the mission to Vienna. When Rattazzi's cabinet was broken up on account of the differences with France, the king requested Cialdini to form a new cabinet ; but his efforts were unavailing, and in November he became commander-in-chief of the troops in central Italy. In 1869 he had bitter controversies with La Marmora in respect to the disastrous campaign of 1866, and he soon retired from the army in order to be entirely independent as one of the leaders of the opposition in the senate against Lanza's administration. He was one of the signers of the act by virtue of which the throne of Spain was accepted by Amadeus, whom he accompanied as extraordinary am- bassador to Spain, but without any official title. In February, 18T3, he was sent on a special diplomatic mission to France. CIBAO, a mountain range nearly in the central part of Hayti, extending about 90 m. N. W. and S. E. The highest summits, forming the cul- minating peaks of the island, are more than 7,000 ft. high. E. and S. E. of these moun- tains is an excessively rugged and almost de- serted tract ; but between the range along the N. shore, from the bay of Monte Christi on the west to Vieux Cap Francais on the east, and the Cibao mountain, there is an extensive and fertile valley watered by the Yaque, and known as the plain of Santiago. The princi- pal rivers of the island, as the Neyva, Artibo- nite, Yuma, and Monte Christi, rise in these mountains ; and gold has been found here. CIBBER. I. Cains Gabriel, a sculptor, born in Holstein about 1630, died in London about 1700. He went to England during the protec- torate of Cromwell, and was employed to exe- cute the bassi rilievi on the pedestal of the Lon- don monument. He is principally known as the sculptor of the two figures representing raving and melancholy madness, which adorned the principal gate of old Bethlehem hospital, and are now preserved in the new hospital in St. George's Fields. He was in later life em- ployed by the duke of Devonshire in the im- provement and decoration of his family seat at Chatsworth, and built the Danish church in London at his own expense. IL Colley, an English poet and dramatist, son of the prece- ding, born in London, Nov. 6, 1671, died Dec. 12, 1757. After serving as a volunteer in the cause of William of Orange, he commenced his career as an actor in 1689. His success was for many years very indifferent, but he at last attained popularity in the personation of feeble old men and fops. He wrote and adapted about 30 plays of various descriptions, among which are "Love's Last Shift," "Love Makes a Man," " She Would and He Would Not," " The Careless Husband," " The Nonjuror " (his best play, an adaptation of Moliere's Tar- tufe, on which Bickerstaff afterward founded his "Hypocrite"), "The Prdvoked Husband," and the modern acting version of "Richard III." He also wrote an autobiography, under the title of an " Apology for his Life." He was one of the managers of Drury Lane theatre from 1711 to 1730, and was then appointed poet laureate, in which character he figures as hero of the " Dunciad." III. Theophilns, an English actor and author, son of the preceding, born Nov. 26, 1703, died in October, 1758. He appeared on the stage in 1721, and met with some success; but his irregular habits prevented any systematic effort, and he was generally in want. He early married an ac- tress of the name of Johnson, and after her death married Miss Arne in 1734. His ex- travagance obliged him to retire to France in 1738, and on his return he separated from his wife under very discreditable circumstances. In 1758 he made an engagement with Mr. Sheridan at the Dublin theatre, but perished by shipwreck while crossing the Irish channel. He wrote and adapted several plays, and was concerned with a work entitled " Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland to the Time of Dean Swift " (5 vols., London, 1753), the authorship of which is claimed for a Scotch- man named Shiel, who purchased from Gibber the privilege of using his name upon the title page. IV. Susannah Maria, an English actress, wife of the preceding, born in 1716, died Jan. 30, 1766. She was educated in music by her brother, Dr. Arne the composer, made her first public appearance as a singer, and after her marriage performed in tragedy. She is still reputed among the great actresses of the English stage. Handel was so enthusiastic in his admiration of her that he composed parts expressly to suit her voice, and himself in- structed her in singing them. Garrick is said to have exclaimed when he heard of her death, "Then tragedy has expired with her." She was buried in Westminster abbey. CIBOT, Francois Barthelemy Michel Edonard, s French painter, born in Paris, Feb. 11, 1799. He studied with Guerin and Picot, and painted history, portraits, and genre subjects. Among his works are "Judith going to the Camp of Holofernes," "The Origin of the Sacred Heart," in the church of St. Leu, " The Burial