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* CORNWALL. 432 COROLLARY. CORNWALL. Regan's husbaml in Sliakp- spoaic's Kin;/ Lea)-; a bard, cruel man, well 'mall lud and mated' with his cruel wife. CORNWALL, Barry. See Procter, Bryan AI.I.KR. CORNWALT-IS, Caroline Frances (178G- 18oS). An English author. She was born .July ]2, lT8(i, and was a daughter of William Corn- wallis, rector of Yittersham and Elani, in Kent. As a child she was precocious. Later she acquired a knowledge of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and German, and studied philosophy, theology, history, natural science, social science, politics, and even law. She refused an offer of marriage from Sismondi; but later for a time occupied his house, in Pescia, Italy. Her first work. Philosophical Theories and I'hildsophi'cal Experi- ence, by a Pariah, appeared in 1842. It was the first of a series entitled "Small Books on Great Subjects," which she had formed the idea of writing with the help of a few friends. Of the twenty-two volumes of this series, which appeared between 1842 and 1854, all the most important were written by herself. The subjects discussed were various — the connection of physiology and intellectual science, ragged schools, grammar, criminal law, chemistry, geology, Greek phi- losophy, and the history and inlluence of Chris- tian opinions. The series attracted much atten- tion in England and the United States. She died .January S. 1858. Although a voluminous author, her name was at her death unknown to the world, and it remained unkno^ii uiitil the publication of her Letters and Remains (1864). CORNWALLIS, Charles, first Marquis and second Earl (1738-1805). An English general and statesman. The son of the first Earl Corn- wallis, he was born in London, December 31, 1738. After an education at Eton and Cam- bridge, he entered the army, and served as aide- de-camp to the ilarquis of Granby in the Seven Years War. In 1760 he was elected member of Parliament for Eye; in 1766 received his pro- motion as colonel ; in 1770 was made governor of the Tower of London; and in 1775 became major-general. Though jiersonally opposed to the war with America, he went with his regi- ment thither, and the first successes of the Brit- ish arms were, in the main, due to him. After the battle of Long Island, in which he took a prominent part, he pursued Washington through New .Jersey. A detachment of his army, consist- ing of Hessians, was captured by Washington at Trenton. December 26, 1776. and part of his forces suft'ered a defeat at Princeton, .January 3, 1777. He had the principal share in the victory of the Brandywine, September 11. 1777, after which he secured for the British the com- mand of the Delaware River. In disgust at Howe's failure to grasp the critical situation of affairs and to attempt operations on a large scale, Cornwallis sent in his resignation, which the King refused to accept. He served under Clinton at the reduction of Charleston in 1780. achieved a great victory over Gates at Camden. S.C., on August 16 of that year, and de- feated Greene at Guilford Court House. N. C, !March 15, 1781. He was in the end outgener- aled by Greene, and withdrew into Virginia, where he carried on a vigorous campaign against Lafayette, but without avail. Finally he was shut up in Yorktown by Washington and Ro- chambeau, aided by a French fleet under De (jrasse, and was compelled to svirrender on Octo- ber 19, 1781. With the surrender of Corn- wallis the triumph of the American cause was virtually achieved. Although the disaster re- sulted in {.w- resignation of the Britisli Ministry, Coniwallis escaped censure owing to ro}-al favor. In 1786 he was appointed Governor-General of India and Commander-in-Chief, and distinguished himself by his victories over Tip])u Sahib, and by his indefatigable efforts to promote the welfare of the natives. He returned from India in 1793, when he was raised to the rank of Marquis. Ap- pointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, lie succeeded in quelling the rebellion of 1798, and established order in a manner that gained him the good will of the Irish people. As Plenipotentiary to France he negotiated the Peace of Amiens. Re- appointed C4overnor-General of India in 1804, he died at Ghazipur, in the Province of Benares, October 5, 1805. on his way to assume the com- mand of the armv in the ujjper provinces. Consult: Marshall, ilcmoir (Gateshead, 1806) ; Lord Cornwallis's Correspondence, edited by Ross (London, 1859) ; .Johnston, The i'orktoun Cam- paign (New York, 1881) ; and Seton-Karr, "The ilarquess Cornwallis," in Rulers of India (Ox- ford, 1890). CORO, kc/ro, or Santa Ana de Coro. A city of the State of Falcon. Venezuela, situated east of the Gulf of Coro CVIap: Venezuela, D 1). It is engaged in cattle-raising, and is a centre for interior commerce. Coro contains several cliurches, interesting for their antiquity, though they either have been rebuilt or lie in ruins. La Vela, its port, which is six miles to the east, has a good harbor and a trade ith the Dutch West Indies, and is the residence of a United States consular agent. Population, in 1889, 9452. Coro, one of the oldest cities in Venezuela, was settled in 1527.. and for a time was the Spanish capital of Venezuela. It was created the first bishopric of Venezuela in 1531, but subsequently the see was removed. Its decline dates from the transference of the governmental and ecclesiastical authorities to Caracas. It was the objective point of iliranda's first descent upon Venezuela in 1805, when he led an abortive expedition against the Spanish in the hope of jnecipitating the revolution of the Spanish- American colonies. COROADO, ko'ro-ii'do (Port., crowned, in allusion to a peculiar style of wearing the hair). A name without ethnic significance, applied by the Portuguese to several Brazilian tribes, nota- bly to a people in the Province of Rio Glrande dti Sul. who use arrows five feet in length and clean and preserve the bones of their dead. COROL'LA (Lat., garland, dim. of corona, cro^^^l). In flowers, the inner one of the two sets of floral leaves. The individual parts are called 'petals,' and they are usually delicate in texture and variously colored, f{n-ming the showy part of the flower. In case they are absent the flower is said to be 'apetalous,' The corolla is supposed to serve as an attraction to insects, so that the flower may secure cross-pollination. See Floa'er. COR'OLLA'RY (Ijat. coroVarium. dedviction, gratuity, money paid for a garland, from corolla, garland). A proposition the truth of which appears so clearly from the proof of another