BOUILHET, a, Louis Hyacinthe, French poet: b. Cany, 27 May 1822; d. Rouen, 19 July 1869. He first achieved fame with (Melcenis,' a poem in five cantos. It deals with Roman manners in the days of the Em peror Commodus. 'The Fossils,' a series of delineations of antediluvians, attracted atten tion on account of the attempt which the au thor makes in it to use a scientific topic as a subject for poetry. His versified dramas, (Mme. de Montarcy' (1856) ; (Dolores' (1862), and especially Conspiracy of Amboise,' are elegant in style, rich in imagery, perfect in melody, but lack compactness of structure and are open to moral censure. The same faults are found in his comedies, Mil lion' (1861) ; (Faustine' (1864), and his post humous 'M'lle Aisse) BOUILLIi, Francois Claude Amour (MARQUIS DE), French soldier: b. Cluzel Castle, Auvergne, 19 Nov. 1739; d. London, 14 Nov. 1800. He distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War; was appointed governor of Guad aloupe in 1768, and conquered Dominica, Saint Eustatia, Tobago, Saint Christopher, Nevis and Montserrat. After the Peace of 1783 he re turned to Paris and was appointed lieutenant general. He afterward traveled in England, through Holland and a great part of Germany, until he was made chief of the province Trois Eveches, now named Verdun, Metz and Toul. In the Assembly of Notables (1787-88) he declared for the proposed reforms of Calonne, which, however, were defeated by Cardinal Brienne. He was opposed to the plan of Necker for the union of the provinces. At the breaking out of the Revolution he supported the existing government, both in his former province and in Lorraine, Alsace and Franche-Comte. It was
only at the urgent desire of the King that he swore allegiance to the constitution of 1791. He repressed in 1790 the rebellion of the garrisons of Metz and Nancy; and although the National Assembly decreed him a vote of thanks for the bravery and ability he had displayed on this occasion, still the revolutionists distrusted him. Shortly afterward he made preparations to assist Louis XVI in his escape. Bouille had made his arrangements well, and had not the King forbidden any bloodshed he certainly would have rescued him. Being thus compelled to leave the King at Varennes to his fate, he fled from the dangers to which he himself was exposed by the attacks of the revolutionists. From Luxembourg he wrote a threatening let ter to the National Assembly, and then exerted himself to excite the foreign powers against the republic. He succeeded well at Vienna, gained over Gustavus III, and obtained the promise of 30,000 men from the Empress Catherine II, to be put under the command of the King of Sweden and the French general. But Gustavus was murdered, the Empress forgot her promises and Bouille went over to England in 1796. Here he wrote his