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 100 FAXARDO just been vacated by a dealer in coal, into which they conveyed by night 36 barrels of powder, and covered them with fagots. They again dispersed, Fawkes proceeding to Flanders to secure foreign cooperation. As money was needed, three wealthy gentlemen, Sir Everard Digby, Ambrose Rookwood, and Francis Tresh- am, were made privy to the plot. The meet- ing of parliament was again deferred to Nov. 5, and Fawkes was appointed to fire the mine. The conspiracy was detected by an anonymous letter entreating Lord Monteagle, a Roman Catholic peer, to absent himself from the par- liament, and intimating a terrible danger. The letter resulted in a search on the night of Nov. 4, when Fawkes was seized just after issuing from the cellar, in which the powder was dis- covered. Matches and touchwood were found in his pockets. Brought before the king and council, he boldly avowed his purpose, but not even the rack could extort the names of his as- sociates till they had appeared in arms. The failure of the plot was complete. Fawkes was arraigned, condemned, and executed, as were seven of his confederates, while others were tried separately. This conspiracy led to ad- ditional penal statutes against the Roman Catholics. The anniversary of the plot, Nov. 5, was long celebrated in England and New England by the boys carry ing 'about an effigy of Guy Fawkes, which was finally burned. It was till recently a legal holiday in England. FAXARDO, Diego Saavedra, a Spanish author and statesman, born in Algezares, in the prov- ince of Murcia, in 1584, died in Madrid, Aug. 24, 1648. Having graduated as a doctor of law at the university of Salamanca, he accom- panied as secretary Cardinal Borgia, appointed ambassador to Rome, and afterward succeeded him. His talents and ability in his negotia- tions gained for him the favor of his sovereign, and during 36 years he was constantly em- ployed on important diplomatic missions in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. His last mis- sion was at the congress of Minister from 1643 to 1 646, as representative of Philip I Y. The first edition of his most successful work, Empresas politicas, 6 idea de un principe politico cris- tiano, &c., intended to instruct the infante of Spain, to whom it was dedicated, in the duties of government, appeared at Minister in 1646. He wrote the first two volumes of the " History of the Goths m Spain." His complete works were published at Antwerp in 1688, and a new edition at Madrid in 1789-' 90. FAY, Andras, a Hungarian poet, born at Ko- hany, in the county of Zemplen, May 30, 1786, died July 26, 1864. He studied law, became an advocate, and subsequently officiated as an administrative officer of the county of Pesth, and in 1835 as its deputy at the diet. His fee- ble health obliged him to retire, and he thence- forth devoted himself to literature. He was one of the founders of the national theatre of Buda, and was an active member of the in- dustrial society, of the society of arts, of the FAYETTE academy, &c. Among his poetical writings the most noted is his Mesek ("Fables," Vienna, 1820; 2d ed., 1824; German translation by Petz, Vienna, 1821). He wrote two works treating on female education and the social and economical development of Hungary, No- neveles, &c. (Pesth, 1840), and Kelet nepe nyu- goton (Pesth, 1841). A collection of his works appeared at Pesth in 1843-'4 (8 vols.). FAY, Theodore Sedgwick, an American author, born in New York, Feb. 10, 1807. He received a liberal education, and was admitted to the bar in 1828, but became soon after one of the editors of the "New York Mirror," and de- voted himself to literature. He has published the following works : " Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man " (1832) ; " The Minute Book," , a journal of foreign travel ; " Norman Les- lie," a romance (1835); "Sydney Clifton" (1839); "The Countess Ida" (1840); " Ho- boken, a Romance of New York" (1843); " Robert Rueful" (1844); "Ulric, or the Voices," a poem (1851); "Views of Chris- tianity" (1856); "Great Outlines of Geogra- phy" (1867); "First Steps in Geography" (1873) ; and a series of papers on Shakespeare. He was secretary of the American legation in Berlin from 1837 to 1853, and minister resi- dent in Bern, Switzerland, from 1853 to 1861. FAYAL, one of the Azores or Western Islands, belonging to Portugal, in lat. 38 30' N., Ion. 28 40' W. ; area about 40 sq. m. ; pop. about 27,000. The surface is rugged, and in some parts mountainous. The climate is mild and healthful. The soil is in general very fertile. The principal vegetable productions are firs, palms, vines, pineapples, oranges, potatoes, cab- bages, maize, and wheat. The chief object of commerce is wine, of which the annual produce is about 200 pipes; and in good seasons from 8,000 to 10,000 pipes, the product of all the islands, have been exported from Fayal. The other most important exports are fruit, espe- cially oranges, and corn. The imports are manufactured goods, cotton twist, flax, coffee, sugar, tea, tobacco, and soap. In 1859 the island was visited by a severe famine, occa- sioned by the failure of three successive crops. Fayal has the best harbor of all the Azorean group, and a considerable transit trade. Many American whalers touch here and land the oil of such fish as they have caught in their out- ward voyage, whence it is shipped for its des- tination. Capital, Horta, or Villa Orta (some- times improperly called Fayal), a handsome town on the S. E. side of the island, adjoining the harbor before mentioned ; pop. 5,000 or 6,000. The steam packets of the British West India mail company regularly call at Horta. FAYETTE, the name of 11 counties in the United States. I. A S. W. county of Pennsyl- vania, bordering on Maryland and West Vir- ginia, and bounded W. by the Monongahela river; area, about 800 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 43,284. There are two mountain ridges : one called Laurel hill, stretching along the E.