a town of the county of Leicester, in the hundred of Frankland, 104 miles from London. It stands on the river Eye, is well built, and has a good free school. It is celebrated on account of the various establishments for keeping hunters belonging to noblemen and gentlemen of fortune, who repair hither to enjoy in the highest style the amusement of fox-hunting. Two packs of the best bred hounds are kept here by subscription. There is a large market on Thursday. The population was, in 1801, 1766; in 1811, 2145; in 1821, 2815; and in 1831, 3356.

MELUN, an arrondissement of the department of the Seine and the Marne, in France. It extends over 442 square miles, is divided into six cantons, and they into 107 communes, containing 54,500 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on the Seine; it contains 820 houses, and 6400 inhabitants, who make cotton goods, some glass, and carry on tanneries. Lat. 48.59.40. N. Long. 21.31.25. E.