CARLISLE. 222 CARLOS. resort. The government, as authorized by a gen- eral boroujjh law of IS.tI, revised the fnllowing year, is administered l>y a burgess, elected for three years, and a borough couneil. Carlisle was laid out and settled in 17.")1 ; in 17114, d>ir- ing the W'hisUy Uebellion, the Pennsylvania and New .Jersey troops assembled here : and on .July 1, 1803, the borough was shelled bv the Con- federates, Population, in 1S90, 7620; in 1900, 0620. Consult: Wing, nistor;/ of Cumberland Coun- ty, Pa. (Philadelphia, 187!)): History nf Cum- herlnnd and Adions Counties, I'a. (Cliiiago, 1886). CARLISLE, George William Preoekick Howard, seventh Earl of (1802-04). An Eng- lish statesman and author. He was born in Lon- don. April IS, 18U2. The eldest son of the sixth Earl, he bore the oonrtesy title of Lord Jlorpelh. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, whci-e, in 1821, he won the Chancellor's and the Newdigate prizes with a Latin and an English poem. In 1823 he took a first class in classics and graduated B... In 182G he was at- tache to his uncle, the Duke of Devonshire, in Russia;' while abroad he was elected to Parlia- ment as a Whig, and on his return supported the repeal of the Jewish disabilities in his maiden speech on ^larch 5, 1827. In 1830 he was elected representative for Yorkshire, and after the Re- form Bill, for the West Riding. Under Lord ^Melbourne, he was Chief Secretary for Ireland (1835-41), and his impartial distribution of pat- ronage made him popular in Dublin. Reject- ed in 1841 by the ^^■est Riding, he was reelected in 1840, and remained one of its representa- tives until his father's death (1848) sealed him in the House of Lords. Under Lord John Rus- sell's Jlinistry (1840-52), he was chief com- missioner of woods and forests, and afterw:irds Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. When Lord Palmerston was made Prime ^Minister in 1855, Carlisle was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a post which he held until the advent of the ICarl of Derby's Ctovernment in 1858. He succeeded to the same olfice again when Lord Palmerston was reinstated in 1850. In 1841-42 he trav<ded in the L'nited States and Canada, and on his return descril)ed his visit in a series of popular lectures. He obtained fame as a literary man by these lectures and by another. TItr Life and ^yrifings of Pope ( 1851 ) . He published a tragedy. The Last of the Greeks (1828); .-1 Diary in Tiirli-ish and Greek Waters (1854) ; and a volume of Poemn was issued after his death. He died at Castle Howard, December 5. 1804. His Mcerepnl Speeches, edited by J. Gaskin, ap- peared in 1806. CARLISLE, .John Griffin (1835—). An American lawyer and politician. He was born in Kentucky, received a conunon school educa- tion, taught school, was admitted to the bar in 1858, and achieved an almost innnediate suc- cess as a lawyer. In State pcditics also he took a prominent i)art, serving as Democratic member of the Kentuckv House of Representatives ( 1859- Cl), as State 'Senator (1866-71), and as Lieu- tenant-C.ovenior (1871-75), and from 1870 to 1890 was a member of the National House of Representatives, being Speaker from 1883 to 1889. In 1890 he was elected United States Senat^)r. In Congress he was a prominent advocate of reve- nue reform : and was regarded as one of the leading advocates of free trade, although he favored only an approximation to the free-trade standard. He was Secretary of the Treasury dur- ing President Cleveland's second administration (1893-97), and afterwards settled in Xew York to roumc tlic practice of law. CARL'ISTS. The supporters of Don Carlos and his descendants in their pretensions to the Spanish crown after the death of Perdinand VII. Their opponents who sujiported the (Jueen Regent Christina (see JIaria Ciiristixa) were some- times known as Cristinos. See C.VRl.os, Do.x, CAR'LO KHAN, kan (It. Curio, Charles + Khan, Fr. klian, Turk., Pers. khan, prince, of Tartar origin). A familiar ap])ellation gained by Charles Fox through liis introduction of the "India Bill' in Parlianu'nt. CAR'LOMAN, or Kari.mann (751-71). A King of the Franks, younger lirothcr of Charle- magne. He was anointed in 754 by l'o])e Stephen III., jointly with Charlemagne, and at the divisiim of territory between himself and Cliarlemagne in 768 received Burgimdy, Alsace, Provence, Ale- mannia, and southeastern Aquitaine. He was crowned in the same year at Soissons. See Charles the Great. CAR'LOS (Sp., Charles). (1) Biron's treach- erous luLtlicr in Southerne's Ixabella. (2) An emasculated bookworm who becomes bright and vigorous by the inlluence of a genuine passion, in Cibhcr's Love Makes a Man. CARLOS, Don. (1) The alias of Don Sanche, the heir to the throne, in Corneille's comedy, Don Sanche d'A rayon. (2) The dissolute husband of Victoria, whom she later reclaims, in Mrs. Cow- ley's comedy, A Bold Stroke for a Husband. CARLOS, kiir'los, Do>N (1545-08). The son of Philip II. and Infante of Spain, born .luly 8. 1545, at Valladolid. He was as weak of intellect as he was vicious and untrustworthy in tcm|)ei-. He was excluded from the succession and finally tried by the Inquisition on a charge of cons])iracy against the King. Xo sentence of death was formally imposed, but Carlos was imprisoned and died on July 24, 1508. The universal dislike for Philip 11. gave currenc.y to stories of cruelty and foul play, but these are not fully established. Opinions as to the character of Don Carlos vary considerably, but recent historical research has attempted to prove that he was afflicted with liereditary insanity. The traditional romantic story is preserved in Schiller's tragedy. Don Carlos. The story was disproved by Llorente. the Spanish historian of the Inquisition. Con- sult: Ranke, in Wiener ./ahrbiiehcr der Littrra- tur. Vol. XLVl. (Vienna. 1829) : Ga<hanl. Don Carlos et Philippe II. (Paris, 1867): -Mauien- brecher, Don Carlos (Berlin, 1876); Prescott, Philip II. (Boston, 1850). CARLOS, Don. The name of several pre- tenders to the Spanish crown. Don Carlos Marfa Jose Isidore de Bourbon. Count of Molina ( 1788- 1855), was the second son of Charles ly. "f Spain, and was educated chiclly by priests. .fter the expulsion of tiie French from Spain, his brother. Ferdinan<l Vll.. reasccndcd the throne (ISI4). but as Ferdinand had married thrice without issue. Don Carlos hoped to succeed his brother. .
insurrection m his interest broke
out in 1825 in Catalonia, but was put down, Don
