Sr., in the College of France was conferred upon him. Not long afterwards he was entrusted with the cataloguing of all the Chinese works in the royal library. In 1818 he was elected to succeed Visconti in the editorship of the Journal des Savans. In 1824 he was appointed keeper of the oriental manuscripts in the royal library. There was in fact almost no end to the snug posts and lucrative sinecures which he obtained. Nor did the revolution of 1830 interrupt the flow of his prosperity. He managed to remain in possession of all his salaries until his death on the 3rd of June 1832. Rémyat was a member of the Asiatic Societies of London and Calcutta, and of many other learned bodies.
His principal works are,—Plan d'un Dictionnaire Chinois, 8vo, 1814; Le Livre des Récompenses et des Prizes, translated from the Chinese, in 8vo, 1816; Mémoire sur les Livres Chinois de la Bibliothèque du Roi, in 8vo, 1818; Description du Regneume de Cambodge, from the Chinese, in 8vo, 1819; Mémoires et Anecdotes sur la Dynastie des Empereurs Sévèreants du Japon, in 8vo, 1820; Histoire de la Ville de Klockan, from the Chinese, in 8vo, 1820; Recherches sur les Langues Tartares, in 4to, 1820; Études sur la Grammaire Chinoise, in 8vo, 1822; Deux Mémoires sur les Religions Philosophiques, Premières Civilisations, et particulièrement des États de France sous les Empereurs Mongols, in 4to, 1822-24; Mémoire sur la Vie et les Opinions de Lao-Tseu, Philosophie Chinoise, in 4to, 1823; Recherches Chronologiques sur l'Origine de la Hiérarchie Lomagne, in 4to, 1824; and Mémoire sur Plusieurs Questions Relatives à la Géographie de l'Asie Centrale, in 4to, 1825. The numerous papers which he communicated to several scientific journals, and to the Biographie Universelle, were published under the titles of Mélanges Artistiques, in 2 vols. 8vo, 1825-26; Nouveaux Mélanges Artistiques, in 2 vols. 8vo, 1829; and Mélanges Postérieurs d'Histoire et de Littérature Orientale, in 8vo, 1843.
Sr., a town of France, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, on a plain planted with groves of olive trees, 42 miles N.N.W. of Marseilles. It is irregularly built, and has many good houses in an antique style. The best modern edifice is the town-hall; but there are two interesting remains of antiquity,—a triumphal arch and a sepulchral monument, both of unknown date. St Remy has silk-mills, and some trade in corn and wine. Pop. 6024.