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BELLEVILLE. with iron-foundries, factories, sawmills, branch banks, Albert University, with separate colleges for males and females, a fine asylum, and many churches. It is the seat of a United States consulate. Population, in 1891, 9000; in 1901, 9119.

BELLEVILLE, bel'vil. A city and county- seat of Saint Clair County, Ill., 14 miles east by south of Saint Louis, Mo.; on the Illinois Central, the Louisville and Nashville, and the Southern railroads (Map: Illinois, B 5). It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, and contains the Belleville Fair Grounds, a public library, founded in 1836, Saint Elizabeth Hospital, and a commercial school. The city is in a productive agricultural and coal-mining region, and is noted also for its manufactures, the principal establishments including stove-works, foundries and machine-shops, nail-mill, tack-works, glass-works, shoe-factor}', distillery, breweries, and flour-mills. Settled in 1814, Belleville was incorporated first in 1846. The government, under a revised charter of 1872, is vested in a mayor, elected every two years, who appoints all the important administrative officers, and a city council. Population, in 1890, 15,361; in 1900, 17,484.

BELLEVILLE. A city and county-seat of Republic County, Kan., 205 miles west by north of Kansas City; on the Union Pacific and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroads (Map: Kansas, E 2). It is in an agricultural district, and has grain-elevators, flour-mills, lumber-yards, etc. The water-works are owned and operated by the city. Population, in 1890, 1868; in 1900, 1833.

BELLEVILLE. A town in Essex County, N. J., on the Passaic River and the Erie Railroad. It is a popular suburb of Newark, with which it is connected by electric roads, and has important manufactures of wire-cloth, druggists' rubber supplies, metal goods, brushes, bicycle-tires, brass-foundry products, chemicals, etc. Population, about 3000.

BELLEVUE, bel-vii'. A city in Campbell County, Ky., on the Ohio River, opposite Cincinnati, and on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (Map: Kentucky, G 1). The city is primarily a residential place, and is growing rapidly. Settled in 1866, Belleville was incorporated in 1871. Its charter provides for a mavor, elected every four years, and a city council. Population, in 1890, 3163; in 1900, 6332.

BELLEVUE. A village in Huron and Sandusky counties, Ohio, 15 miles south by west of Sandusky; on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Wheeling and Lake Erie, and the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis railroads (Map: Ohio, E 3). It is the centre of a fertile agricultural region, the principal products of which it exports extensively, and has some manufactures, including large cultivator-works. Population, in 1890, 3052; in 1900, 4101.

BELLEVUE, bel'vij'. A chateau of Madame de Pompadour, near Sèvres, only ruins of which remain.

BELLEW, (1857—). An English actor and playwright. He is the son of a clergyman of Calcutta, but was born in England. Of his early life, seven years were spent as a cadet in the British Navy, after which he went to Australia, where he was an actor, a newspaper man, and a lecturer. He returned to England, and made his debut at Brighton. He was soon well known in London in leading parts. His first appearance in America was in October, 1885, in In His Power, at Wallack's Theatre, New York, where during the following season he was leading man. He next (1887) began his long connection with Mrs. James Brown Potter, with whom he has played throughout the English-speaking world. Among his notable rôles have been Leander to Mrs. Potter's Hero, in his own play, Hero and Leander, produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London (June, 1892); Marat, in Charlotte Corday (1895); and Romeo, which he played, with Mrs. Potter as Juliet, in New York in March, 1896, and later the same year in Australia. Besides Hero and Leander, Bellew is the author of Yvonne and Iolande, and various adaptations for the stage. In 1901 he appeared again in America.

BELLEY, be-la'. The chief town of an arrondissement in the Department of Ain, France, picturesquely situated in the interesting Val Romney, 18 miles northwest of Chambery. It is the seat of a bishopric, and has a fine modern cathedral in Fifteenth-Century Gothic, an episcopal palace, a museum, and a public library. Lithographic stone, the best in France, is quarried and exported from the neighborhood, and it has silk and cotton industries. The ruins of a Roman temple attest the antiquity of Belley. Population, in 1896, 6070.

BELL-FLOWER. See.

BELLI, bel'le, (1791-1863). An Italian popular poet. He was born in Rome and began life as a poor scribe in the employ of Count Rospigliosi, but a wealthy marriage left him free to devote himself to letters. His poems in the literary language are not especially noteworthy. His sonnets, on the contrary, of which there are more than 2000, written in the dialect of Rome, are unsurpassed in their own peculiar vein. They are vivid, realistic portrayals of the life of the Roman populace, in all its panoramic variety, presented with a truth, a sincerity, and a vein of lively satire which make each separate sonnet a masterpiece of its kind. The Papal Government under Gregory XVI. came in for a goodly share of his irony, for which later on he vainly tried to atone by writing religious poems in defense of the Jesuits. A complete edition of the sonnets, under the title of I sonetti romaneschi, is edited by Morandi (Città di Castello, 1886-89).

BELLIARD, bel'yiir', Count (1769-1832). A French diplomat and soldier; born at Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée). He served with distinction in the French Army during the Revolution, and was appointed brigadier-general at the battle of Arcole. He was chief-of-staff under Murat, fought in the principal engagements of 1805, 1806, and 1807, and afterwards became Governor of Madrid. He distinguished himself at Borodino, and upon his recovery from a wound received at the battle of Leipzig was appointed commander-in-chief of cavalry. Although elevated to the peerage upon the accession of Louis XVIII., he rallied to the support of Napoleon upon the return of the latter from Elba, and was sent as ambassador to Naples, where, however, owing to the mistakes