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 GRENADA Britain at the peace of 1783. Slavery was completely abolished in 18^8, at which time the slaves numbered 17,190, and the free pop- ulation 3,804, most of whom were colored. GRENADA, a N. county of Mississippi, inter- sected by Yallabusha river; area, about 400 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 10,571, of whom 6,642 were colored. The surface is level, and the soil fertile. It is traversed by the Mississippi and Tennessee and the Mississippi Central rail- roads. The chief productions in 1870 were 191,675 bushels of Indian corn, 19,548 of sweet potatoes, and 6,479 bales of cotton. There were 832 horses, 1,108 mules and asses, 1,976 milch cows, 4,484 other cattle, 2,059 sheep, and 9,419 swine ; also, 2 saw mills. Capital, Grenada. GRENOBLE (anc. Cularo or Ghratianopolis), a fortified city of France, capital of the de- partment of Isere, on both sides of the river Isere, 58 m. S. E. of Lyons and 290 m. S. E. of Paris; pop. in 1872, 42,660. The old part GRENVILLE 249 Grenoble of the city, called the faubourg St. Laurent, is on the N. bank of the river, and is connected with the modern quarter on the opposite bank by two bridges. The church of Notre Dame, the episcopal palace, a hospital, several con- vents, halls of justice, a theatre, arsenal, and citadel are admired. There is a public garden, a normal school, schools of design and of ar- chitecture, a college, a public library of 80,000 volumes and 1,200 MSS., a museum, a cabinet of natural history, manufactories of kid gloves (which alone employ several thousand hands), liqueurs, leather, &c., and a trade in hemp, iron, and marble. The city was called Gra- tianopolis in honor of the emperor Gratian in the 4th century, and its present name is a cor- ruption of that word. It was afterward the capital of Dauphiny. GRENVILLE, an E. county of Ontario, Cana- da, bordering on the St. Lawrence, and bounded N. by the Kideau river and canal ; area, 463 sq. m.; pop. in 1871, 22,616. It is well wa- tered, and is traversed by the Grand Trunk and the St. Lawrence and Ottawa railroads. Capital, Prescott. GRENVILLE, George, an English statesman, the reputed author of the famous stamp act, born Oct. 14, 1712, died Nov. 24, 1770. He was chosen to parliament in 1741, and contin- ued a member till the time of his death. In 1762 he was made successively secretary of state and first lord of the admiralty. In 1763 he was appointed chancellor of the exchequer and first lord of the treasury; but in 1765 he resigned the premiership, giving place to Lord Rockingham. He was an eloquent speaker and an able man of business. GRENVILLE, Richard. See TEMPLE, EAEL. GRENVILLE, Greenville, or Granville, Sir Rich- ard, an English naval officer, born in the west of England in 1540, died at sea in 1591. He was nearly related to Sir Walter Ra- leigh. At the age of 16 he served in the German imperial army as a volunteer against the Turks. On his return he was appointed to a command in Ireland, and was made sheriff of Cork. In 1571 he represented Cornwall in parliament, and afterward, being made high sherhT of that county, was knighted by Queen Eliza- beth. He entered with ardor in- to Raleigh's schemes of coloniza- tion in America, and in 1585 com- manded the fleet of seven ves- sels carrying 108 colonists which Raleigh despatched to Carolina, sailing from Plymouth April 9. The fleet touched at the Canaries and at the West Indies, where it captured two Spanish frigates, and on June 20 made the main- land of Carolina, or Florida, as it was then called. It narrowly es- caped wreck on the cape to which Grenville, in consequence, gave its present name of Cape Fear. It anchored at Wocoken June 26, and passing through Ocracoke inlet made its way to Roanoke. Grenville with a party explored the country for eight days, and in revenge for the theft of a silver cup burned an Indian vil- lage and destroyed the standing corn. In Au- gust, leaving the colonists under command of Ralph Lane, he sailed for England. On his way home he took a rich Spanish vessel, and was received at Plymouth with high honors, Sept. 18. The next year he recrossed the At- lantic with three ships laden with supplies, but found his colony broken up and the settlers gone. They had departed about three weeks before in a fleet commanded by Sir Francis Drake, who on his way home from the West at-