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* ■NAME. 226 NANCY. against the name of Jaeger would iiuturally not find tile refold of the eonveyame under Vaeger ; and accordingly the courts may hold that the public is not bound by constructive notice in such a case. There are statutory provisions in some juris- dictions requiring the registration of fictitious trade names, where persons adopt them and do not do business under their correct names. Cor- porations are usually required to adopt names which are not identical with those of other cor- porations in the same State. At common law there is no property right in a name, but the United States Statutes provide for protection in the use of trade names to a certain extent, and courts of equity will sometimes interfere to en- join the wrongful use of the business name of another, to prevent fraud. See Cognomen; Mis- KOMKii; Title; Traue-Name; Trademark. NAMTJR, na'mur'. A province of Belgium, bounded on the north by Brabant and Liftge, on the east by the Province of Luxemburg, on the south by France, and on the west by Hainault (Map: Belgium. C 4). Area, l:i!tO square miles. The province is traversed through the centre by the Jleuse River. Its surface is jiartly level, partly hilly, and in part densely forested. The soil is very fertile, and agriculture is the chief occnpation. though a large proportion of the population is engaged in mining and allied in- dustries. About 750,000 tons of coal are mined yearly, and the province is rich in inm, lead, sulphur, alum, and marble. Population, in inOO, 346..T12. Xainur appears as a county as early as the tenth century, and came later successively under the counts of Hainault and Flanders, and the dukes of Burgundy, tinally constituting one of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands. NAMUK. The capital of the Province of Xaiiiiir. Belgium, at the confluence of the Sanibre and Meuse, 35 miles southeast of Brus- sels (Map: Belgium. C 4). Two bridges across the Meuse connect it with the extensive suburb of Janibcs, and several bridges span the Sanibre, connecting it with the suburb of Salzinnes. An extensive circle of nine detached forts has revived its former military importance, and there are large cavalry barracks in the town. .Among many fine churches is the Renaissance Cathedral of Saint -Aubin. built in 1751-(!~. and noted for the l)eauty of its statues, carvings, and paint- ings. The .Archaeological Museum has a valuable collection of Roman and Frankish antiquities, and an art gallery is attached to the Hotelde- Ville. Namur is an important industrial centre, with iron and brass foundries, and is knowii for its manufactures of cutlerj-, glass, leather, and bronze art objects. The city was taken by the forces of Louis XIV. in Ifiiti. and three years later was besieged and captured by William ITI. It was taken by the French in 17411. and restored to Austria in 1748. For a third time it fell into the hands of the French in 1702. Popula- tion, in mnO. 32.333. NANA, na'nii'. One of the Rougon-Maequart series of novels l>y Kmile Zola (18S0). It is a study of a courtesan in whom are depicted the fruits of an evil heredity and their reflex influ- ence on snciity, NANAIMO. na-ni'm'.. A town and port of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, on Departure Bay. on tlic cast coast (Maji: Brit- ish Columbia, K 5). It is opposite 'ancouver town on the mainland, with which it lias daily steamboat communication. It has a safe and commodious harbor, and is the centre of the coal- mining industry of British Columbia, its coal fields having an area of 200 square miles. It also has large lumber mills. The town dates from the erection of the Hudson's Bay Company block-house in 1833. It was incorporated in 1874. and has municipal gas, electric light iiig. and water works, telephone system, etc. The United States is represented bv a consular agent. Popu- lation, in 1891. 45i15r in 1001, fil30. Consult Bell, CiiiKidian Mininij Manual (Montreal, 1893). NANA SAHTB, na'n;i sii'hlb (c.lS20-?). A Hindu, one of the leaders of the Sepoy mutiny of 1857. He is said to have been the son of a Brahman from the Decean, and his real name was Dliundu Pant. He was born about 1820, and was adopted as a son in 1827 by Baji Rao, the childless ex-]ieshwa of Poona, whose estate, which amounted to more than a million dollars, he inherited. He was refused, however, the annual pension of eight lacs of rupees, or about four liuiulred thousand dollars, which had been granted Baji Rao during his lifetime. This rankled in his mind, although he was allowed to retain some of the state of a native prince, a retinue of 200 soldiers, with three field-pieces, and a fortified residence at Bithur. 10 miles west of Cawnpore. He had long maintained an agent in England, .Azim I'lla Khan, who tol<l liim tales of British weakness. When, thercfiire, the nnitinv broke out in May, 1857. X^ana Sahib of- fered to assist the English, but trea<'herou.sly placed himself at the head of the mutineers in Cawn]«)re. The Eurojiean troops were induced, on .Tune 25th. to capitulate to Nana .Sahib, who promised they should be sent down the f!;inges in safety. They embarked on boats provided for them, but had no sooner done .so than a mur- derous fire was ojiened upon them. The sepoys were ordered to shoot the men. but to spare the women and children, who were removed to a house in Cawnpore. On ,Tuly 15th Sir 11. Have- lock, who hail advanced from Allahabad, defeated the sepoys in two engagements, one within eight miles of Cawnpore; and Nana Sahib thereupon directed that the women and children should be put to death and that their coqises should be cast into a well, which is now marked with a beautiful statue in their meniorv. A long series of engagements against Xana Sahib followed, in ■which he was always the loser, and lie was ulti- mately driven lievoiid the English frontier into X"ep:il, where he proli:ibly jierished in the jungle. NAN-CHANG-FTT, n.-in'chang'fnr/. 'Hie capi- tal of the Province of Kiang-si, China, situated at the head of the delta formed bv the Kan-kiang at its entrance into the Po-yang lake, about 175 miles southeast of Hankow (Map: China, E 0). It is an important centre of the porcelain trade. Population, estimated at 100.000, NANCY, naN'.se'. The capital of the Depart- ment of Meiirt beet -Moselle, France, and an im- portant railroad junction. 220 miles east of Paris, and 04 miles west of Strassburg. on the left bank of the Meurthe. six miles above its junction with the Moselle (Map: France, X 3). It is a stronglv fortified and well-built citv. with fine squares, broad streets, and imposing edifices.