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26 CARRIER of a band of insurgent mountaineers, and in February, 1838, occupied the city of Guatemala with 6,000 Indians, whom he succeeded in restraining from pillage and massacre. Some accommodation among the conflicting parties now followed, and Carrera was sent to Meta, a neighboring district of the interior, in an official capacity. On April 13, 1839, he again occupied the capital, which he subsequently held. Ruling at first as general-in-chief, he was elected, March 21, 1847, to the presidency of Guatemala. Early in 1851, with only 1,500 men, he defeated the combined forces of San Salvador and Honduras. He was reflected Oct. 19, 1851, as president for life. In 1861 he intervened with success in the contest which had arisen between the ecclesiastical authorities in Honduras and President Guardiola. In 1862 he opposed the plan for a confederation of the Central American republics, and the project failed. In 1863 he declared war against San Salvador, took posses- sion of the capital, and expelled President Bar- rios. In the early part of his career he was re- garded as the enemy of order and civilization, but he subsequently proved a mild and con- servative ruler. His government was abso- lute. When first elect- ed to the presidency he was unable to read or write, but he afterward in some measure re- paired the deficiencies of his education. CARRETTO, Francesco Saverlo, marquis of, a Neapolitan minister of police, born in Salerno about 1788, died in Na- ples in December, 1862. He fought his way to distinction in the army, and, although a member of the carbonari, was in 1823 appointed general inspector of police. In 1828 he marched at the head of 6,000 men to quell an insurrection at the little town of Bosco. After destroying the town he caused a pillory to be erected upon its ruins, and had 20 persons executed, including an old man of 80 years. This drew upon him the wrath of the Neapolitans. King Ferdinand II., how- ever, appointed him minister of police in 1831. For some time he exercised almost absolute power in Naples. In 1837, when the cholera raged in Sicily, and the people were persuaded that it had been intentionally brought into the country by the government, Carretto wa^ de- spatched to Catania, where the insurgent^ had organized a provisional government ; and al- though this on his arrival had already been abandoned, he again exercised his authority by ordering the execution of more than 100 per- sons, even applying the torture to the prisoners. The king was finally compelled to yield to the clamors of the people, and dismiss him. Du- ring the night of Jan. 27, 1848, he was arrested and put on board a French steamer, as an exile to France. When the name of the passenger became known at Leghorn, the supply of coals was withheld from the steamer. In Genoa he was not permitted to go on shore. He afterward returned to Naples, but was not re- stored to office, though he was loaded with favors by the king. CARR1CKFERGUS, a parliamentary borough and seaport of Ireland, county Antrim, situated on Belfast lough, 7 m. N. E. of Belfast ; pop. in 1871, 9,452. The town extends about a mile along the shore of Carrickfergus bay, and con- sists of three parts : the old or walled town in the centre, the Irish quarter on the west, and the Scotch quarter on the east. The inhabitants of the last mentioned quarter are chiefly fisher- Carrlckfergua Castle. men, descendants of a colony whom religious persecution drove thither in the 17th century. There is an old castle, once very strong, and still fortified. The other public buildings worthy of note are the parish church, an anti- quated structure in the form of a cross, and the court house. There are also places of worship for Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Unitarians. There are flax-spinning mills, a muslin bleach green, and a linen bleach mill and green in the vicinity ; and some trade is also carried on in tanning, brewing, and dis- tilling. There is a semi-annual fair. It returns one member to parliament. In ancient times the town was frequently attacked by the Scots. William III. landed here, June 14, 1690. In the roads opposite the town the British sloop of war Drake was captured by Paul Jones, April 24, 1778. CARRIER, Jean Baptist*, a French revolution- ist, born near Aurillac in 1756, executed in