LAMBALLE 403 LAMELLICORNIA LAHBALLE (ong-haV), MABIE THERESE LOUISE OF SAVOY- CARIGNAN, PRINCESSE DE, a French princess; a daughter of the Prince of Carignan; born in Turin, Sept. 8, 1749. She was made by Marie An- toinette superintendent of the royal household, and her friend and compan- ion. Princess Lamballe proved her de- votion by returning to France (whence CHARLES LAMB she had escaped to England) after the unsuccessful flight from Versailles, by sharing the queen's imprisonment for a week in the Temple, and finally by re- fusing to take the oath expressing de- testation of the king, queen, and mon- archy (Sept, 3, 1792). As she stepped out of the court room on that fatal day she was cut down, and her head on a pike was paraded before the queen's win- dows. LAMBAYEQTJE, a seacoast province of Peru. Situated in the N. W. part of that country it is traversed by many mountain ranges. The soil is poor, but crops of sugar, tobacco and cotton are raised. The capital of the province is Chiclayo. Pop. about 130,000. LAMBERT, JOHN, an English Par- liamentary general during the English Civil War; born in Kirby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, Sept. 7, 1619. He entered the Parliamentary army under Fairfax, was colonel at Marston Moor, and Major- General in the war in Scotland. He took the lead in the council of officers who gave the protectorate to Cromwell, but he afterward fell into disgrace, and was deprived by Cromwell of all his commis- sions, though a pension of $10,000 was allowed. He headed the confederacy which deposed Richard Cromwell, and in 1660 set out for the N. to encounter Monk, but was deserted by his troops, seized, and committed to the Tower. At the Restoration he was tried and con- demned to death, but had his sentence commuted to banishment to Guernsey, where he died in 1683. LAMBERT PINE, Pinus lambertiana, a gigantic tree, discovered by Douglas in New Albion. Trunk, lofty and erect; leaves fine, rather stiff, bright green, with no sheaths; cones very large and pendulous; seeds large and used for food. LAMBESE (Imig-haz') , or LAMBESSA (lam-bes'sa), a town of Algeria, depart- ment of and 62 miles S. W. of the town of Constantine. It is the site of the ancient Lambassa, and has important Roman remains. LAMBETH, one of the English metro- jJolitan parliamentary boroughs, S. of the Thames, in the county of Surrey, and forming part of the S. W. quarter of London. Lambeth Palace has been the official residence of the archbishops of Canterbury since 1197. It contains a splendid series of portraits of the arch- bishops, and a valuable library. The Lollards' Tower dates from 1434. The Lambeth Articles, drawn up in 1595 by Archbishop Whitgift and others, were nine in number, and pronouncedly Cal- vinistic in doctrine. They were disap- proved by Queen Elizabeth, and were never in force. LAMBOYS, in old armor, skirts of steel plates, flexible and overlapping, at- tached to the front and back pieces of the cuirass, and hanging over the thighs. LAMECH, a descendant of Cain, in the 5th generation, and ancestor of a numerous posterity distinguished for skill in agriculture, music, and several mechanical arts. He is the first polyga- mist on record. Another Lamech, son of Methuselah, and father of Noah, lived 777 years, and died only five years be- fore the flood (Gen. v. 25-31). LAMELLIBRANCHIATA (-brang- ki-a'ta), a division of the higher mol- lusca, represented by the oysters, mus- sels, cockles, etc. LAMELLICORNIA (-kor'ni-a), or LAMELLICORNES (-kor'nez), a tribe of beetles having short antennae termi- nated by a lamellated club — i. e., a club composed of lamellae or little plates — formed by the expansion on one side of
