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 FORD treated as being so at common law. 2. An action is given for damages, or remedial pro- cess provided, by means of which the party entitled to possession may have it with the least delay compatible with sufficient inquiry into questions of right and title. The entry and detainer are usually spoken of together ; but it seems to be settled that they are dis- tinct offences. The Roman civil law, in its anxiety to preserve the peace of the commu- nity, made it a punishable offence even in an owner of an estate to take forcible and vio- lent possession of it. FORD. I. A 1ST. E. county of Illinois, drained by the middle fork of Vermilion river ; area, 450 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,103. The surface is level and the soil fertile. The Chicago branch of the Illinois Central, and the Toledo, Peoria, and Warsaw railroad pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 43,579 bushels of wheat, 565,671 of Indian corn, 154,589 of oats, 39,636 of potatoes, 23,446 tons of hay, and 262,646 Ibs. of butter. There were 4,889 horses, 3,069 milch cows, 6,000 other cattle, and 9,621 swine. Capital, Pax- ton. II. A S. W. county of Kansas, inter- sected by the Arkansas river ; area, 900 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 427. FORD, John, an English dramatist, born at Hsington, Devonshire, April 17, 1586, died there about 1640. At the age of 16 he was entered a student of law in the Middle Temple, and having been regularly called to the bar, practised law until 1638 or 1639, when he is supposed to have retired to his native place, as all trace of him ceases after this date. After his professional labors had secured him an in- dependent position, he became indifferent to the pecuniary profit of his plays, but finished them carefully, making little effort to court the popular taste. He is said to have assisted Webster in " A late Murther of the Sonne upon the Mother," a play which has been lost, and Decker in "The Fairy Knight" and "The Bristowe Merchant," which have likewise dis- appeared. He joined with Decker in writing " The Sun's Darling," a moral masque acted in 1623-'4, and published in 1657; and of " The Witch of Edmonton," written in con- junction with Rowley and Decker, the last act is ascribed to Ford. His own plays are : " The Lover's Melancholy " (1629) ; " 'Tis Pity she's a Whore," "The Broken Heart," and "Love's Sacrifice" (1633); "Perkin War- beck" (1634); "The Fancies Chaste and Noble" (1638); and "The Ladie's Triall " (1639). He was entirely destitute of comic ability. "The Broken Heart" and "Perkin Warbeck" are commonly esteemed his finest Elays. His complete dramatic works were rst published in 1811, in 2 vols., edited by H. Weber. In 1827 appeared Gifford's edition in 2 vols. 8vo, and in 1847 an expurgated one in Murray's "Family Library." The most recent edition is that published in Moxon's series of the old English dramatists. FORDHAM 315 FORD, Richard, an English author and trav- eller, born in London in 1796, died at Heavi- tree, near Exeter, Sept. 1, 1858. He was edu- cated at Winchester and at Trinity college, Cambridge, and was called to the bar at Lin- coln's Inn, but never practiced. In 1830 he visited Spain, where he spent several years in the study of the country and the people. From 1836 to 1857 he was a regular contributor to the "Quarterly Review," in which his articles on the life, literature, and art of Spain attract- ed much attention. He was the author of Murray's "Handbook for Spain," first pub- lished in 1845, and rewritten and enlarged in 1855. His remaining publications are " Gath- erings in Spain" (1848), and " Tauromachia, the Bull Fights of Spain, with 26 illustrations " (1852). His collection of books, prints, and pictures was one of the choicest in England. FORDHAM, formerly a village in the town of West Farms, Westchester co., New York, but since Jan. 1, 1874, included in the 24th ward of New York city, situated on the New York and Harlem railroad, about 12 m. N. of the city hall and 2 m. from the Hudson river ; pop. in 1870, 2,151. It is the seat of several Roman Catholic institutions, of which the most prominent is St. John's college, standing on a slight eminence, surrounded by magnifi- cent grounds. It was founded by the Rev. John Hughes, first archbishop of New York, and was opened for students June 24, 1841, most of the professors being secular clergy- men, and the Rev. John McCloskey, now archbishop of New York, first president. The college was chartered as a university in 1846 ; the first commencement for conferring de- grees was held in July of the same year, and immediately afterward the place was trans- ferred to the Jesuits, who broke up their es- tablishment at Bardstown, Ky., and took charge of the institution at Fordham in Sep- tember, 1846. The college buildings, 9 or 10 in number, cover about an acre, and the play grounds, lawn, &c., embrace about 20 acres. Immediately adjoining are the college farm and garden, embracing about 80 acres. The college library contains over 20,000 volumes, besides which the students have the use of two other libraries, containing about 4,000 volumes. There are valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus, and a geological and mineralogical cabinet, with about 2,500 speci- mens. The college combines the ordinary features of preparatory, grammar, and com- mercial schools with those of a university. In the commercial course the degree of bachelor of science is conferred. There are also several supplementary classes. Students are received at any age. The younger students are kept apart from the elder ; the three divisions into which the pupils are separated, according to age and proficiency, are allowed to have no communication with one another, each having its separate gymnasium and play grounds. In the senior class Latin is altogether spoken in