a town of France, in the department of Eure, on the left bank of the Seine, here crossed by a bridge, 13 miles N.W. of Mantes. It consists of narrow crooked streets, lined with old timber-framed houses, which have a somewhat venerable appearance. It has an old Gothic church, a college, and fine boulevards, occupying the site of the former fortifications. There are here no manufactures of any importance, but some trade is carried on in corn, wine, and building-stone. Pop. 6463.

Edward, a distinguished English admiral, was born at Westminster on the 12th November 1684. He was descended from an ancient Staffordshire family, and his father was for some time secretary of state to William III. Young Vernon, in opposition to the wishes of his father, determined to go into the navy. He first went to sea with Admiral Hopson, and was present at the destruction of the French and Spanish fleets in Vigo Bay in 1702. In 1704 he served under Sir Henry Rooke at the battle of Malaga, and next year was appointed to the command of the Dolphin. In 1707 he was transferred to the Royal Oak, and in 1708 to the Jersey, in which he was sent to the West Indies as rear-admiral under Sir Charles Wager. In 1715 he commanded the Assistance in the Baltic, and in 1726 the Grafton in the same sea. In 1727 he obtained a seat in Parliament as member for Penryn, and in the next Parliament he represented Portsmouth. He however rendered himself so obnoxious to the ministry by his opposition, that they were glad of an opportunity to rid themselves of his presence. He was accordingly, in 1739, appointed to command a squadron destined for the West Indies, and set sail from Spithead with six ships, on the 23d of July. On the 22d November he took the town of Porto-Bello after a vigorous resistance, but being without a sufficient land-force to keep it, he destroyed its fortifications, and then abandoned it. In 1741 he made his unsuccessful attempt on Cartagena. During the rebellion of 1745 he was appointed to guard the coasts of Kent and Sussex, in which he acquitted himself with his usual ability. He soon after got into a quarrel with the Lords of the Admiralty, and having disregarded their orders, his name was struck off the list of admirals. Though he continued to retain his seat in Parliament, in which he represented Ipswich, he took little more part in public affairs; and died suddenly at his seat at Nacton, in Suffolk, on the 29th of October 1757.