Montechiaro, a considerable town of Italy, in the Austrian delegation of Mantua. It is situated on the river Mella, in a fertile district, and contains three churches, a hospital, and 5978 inhabitants, who are employed, some in spinning and weaving silk, and others in manufacturing woollen goods.

Montego Bay. See Jamaica.

Monteguliano, a parliamentary city of the island of Sicily, in the kingdom of Naples, and province of Mazara. It was the Eryx of the ancients, where formerly stood the temple dedicated to Venus, the most sensual of all the heathen establishments, of which no trace now remains. The city contains 8172 inhabitants, who produce some excellent wine.

Monteleone, a city of the province of Calabria Ulteriore, in the kingdom of Naples, the capital of a district bearing the title of a dukedom. It was destroyed by the earthquake of 1783, but has been since re-established, and now contains 6650 inhabitants, who furnish large quantities of oil and of silk, and weave silk goods.

Montelimart, an arrondissement of the department of the Dome, in France, 510 square miles in extent. Montella It comprehends five cantons, divided into sixty-eight communes, and contains 51,300 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, situated at the junction of the river Abron with the Roubion. It is regularly built, with wide streets, and contains an old castle, about 1000 houses, and 5900 inhabitants, the greater part of whom are Protestants, and have been so for a long period, as in this district the doctrine of John Calvin was first introduced, and thence rapidly spread in France. There are some extensive tanneries, and also several mills for spinning both silk and cotton; and the trade in wine, olives, oil, and raw silk, is extensive.

Long. 4° 40'. E. Lat. 44° 33'. 38'. N.

Montella, a city of the kingdom of Naples, in the province Principato Ulteriore. It contains eight churches and a large Franciscan convent, and has 5750 inhabitants.