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 790 MONTHYON MONTMEDY ted for his services in Italy, Germany, and Po- land, especially distinguishing himself, as aide- de-camp to Berthier, in the battle of Wagram (1809), after which he was made a count and attached to the personal staff of Napoleon. He was soon after appointed chamberlain to the emperor, and intrusted with several diplo- matic missions. In 1814 he was made general of brigade, and became commandant of the department of the Loire. He joined the em- peror on his return in 1815, acted as his aide- de-camp during the hundred days, fought for him to the last, and followed him to St. He- lena. He witnessed his death, was appointed one of his executors, and returning to Europe published, in conjunction with Gen. Gour- gaud, Memoires pour sermr a Phistoire de Prance sous Napoleon, ecrits a Ste. Helene sous ga dictee (8 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1823). His for- tune having been ruined by his protracted ab- sence, he tried to retrieve it by commercial enterprise, but became involved in debt and fled to Belgium. He was restored to the army after the revolution of 1830. He accompanied Prince Louis Napoleon in his attempt at Bou- logne in 1840, and shared his imprisonment at Ham, but at the end of a few years received a pardon. While in prison he wrote Recits de la captimte de Vempereur Napoleon a Ste. Helene (Paris, 1847). After the revolution of 1848 he became a member of the legislative assembly. MONTHYON. See MONTYON. MONTI, Vineenzo, an Italian poet, born at Fusignano, near Ferrara, Feb. 19, 1754, died in Milan, Oct. 13, 1828. He was educated at Faenza and the university of Ferrara, where he read with enthusiasm the Latin and Italian poets, and before his 16th year published Latin elegies and an Italian poem on the prophecy of Jacob. The influence of Dante appears in his "Vision of Ezekiel," written two years later. His verses attracted the attention of Cardinal Borghese, who conducted him to Rome. In 1778 he was appointed secretary to Braschi, nephew of Pope Pius VI. Assuming the clerical habit, he was called the abbate Monti, though he never took orders. He be- came a member of the academy of Arcadians, with the principal members of which he was soon at war on account of his satires and impa- tience of criticism. In his drama Aristodemo he aimed to combine the vigor of Alfieri with greater smoothness and elegance. A second, Oaleotto Manfredi, in which he violates his own principles of classicality, proved a failure. In 1793 he was selected by the pontifical gov- ernment to celebrate the assassination of the French ambassador Bassville in a poem con- formed to their political views, and published in 15 days his BamiUfana. which was the first effective expression of the horror of monarchi- cal and Catholic Europe at the French revo- lution. The first edition of his mythological poem Musogonia (1796) was agreeable to the papal government; but he made Bonaparte the hero of the second edition (1798), and also of a still finer poem entitled Prometeo. He was successively secretary of the directory of the Cisalpine republic and commissary in the Romagna. He fled to France on the Austro- Russian invasion in 1799, but returned to Mi- lan after the battle of Marengo, and published the tragedy of Caio Gracco. Appointed profes- sor of belles-lettres in the college of Milan in 1803, he was immediately promoted to the chair of rhetoric in the university of Pavia. He celebrated in poems the leading events of Napoleon's career, and also made a translation of the Iliad, though he had studied Homer only through translators. His most important prose production was a philological work, in which he assailed the principles of the Delia Cruscans. A complete edition of his works was published in 8 vols. (Bologna, 1825-' 8), a select edition in 5 vols. (Milan, 1832-'4), and an edition in 6 vols. (Milan, 1839 et seq.). MOKTIGNY, Rose Marie Cizos Lemoine. See , a town of France, in the depart- ment of Allier, on the Cher, and on the canal du Berry, 111 m. W. N. W. of Lyons; pop. in 1866, 18,675. It has ruins of an ancient castle and of old walls and towers, an industrial school, iron works, and extensive manufactories of mirrors, glass, linen, coarse woollens, and chemicals. It is connected by railway with Moulins, Bourges, and Limoges. MONTMAGINT, a S. county of Quebec, Canada, bounded N. W. by the St. Lawrence river be- low Quebec, and S. E. by Maine ; area, 623 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 13,555, of whom 13,449 were of French origin or descent. It is wa- tered by the Riviere du Sud and by the head streams of the St. John, and is traversed by the Grand Trunk railway. Capital, St. Thomas. MONTMARTRE. See PAEIS. MONTMEDY (anc. Mons Medius ; mediaeval, Mons Maledictus), a town and fortress of the fourth class of France, in the department of Meuse, on the river Chiers and on the railway between Sedan and Thionville, 150 m. E. N. E. of Paris, 26 m. N. of Verdun, and 4 m. W. of the frontier of Luxemburg ; pop. in 1866, 2,- 135. It is divided into an upper and a lower town. The former, constituting the citadel of the place, is situated upon the summit and a steep rock, and is fortified with an enceinte having eight bastions, with outer works and a moat, protected by six demilunes. The lower town, called Bas-Medy, is surrounded by a strong wall with eight bastions and three gates. The fortifications were in part planned by Vau- ban, but have been greatly improved. The town is of little importance except in a mili- tary point of view. Montm6dy, after having been several times attacked by detachments of the German army during September, 1870, and a sortie having been made from the lower town on Oct. 11, it was finally invested by a Prussian force, Nov. 16-28, and a bombardment was be- gun on Dec. 12. On Dec. 14, its commander, Maj. Tessier, surrendered the fortress, with