Mtzensk, Or Mzensk

Mtzensk, Or Mzensk, a town of Russia, in the government and 35 m. N. E. of the city of Orel, on the Zusha; pop. in 1872, 13,373. It is the capital of a circle, contains 13 churches and two convents, and has a considerable trade in agricultural products.

Mucous Membrane

See Membrane.

Mucus Scaeyola

See Scaevola.

Mudie Robert

Mudie Robert, a British author, born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1777, died in London in 1842. He was self-educated, and in 1802 was appointed professor of Gaelic and teacher of drawing in the Inverness academy. In 1820 he went to London, and was employed as a reporter on the " Morning Chronicle," but his career ended unhappily. He published a great number of popular works on natural history, astronomy, and other subjects, including "The British Naturalist" (2 vols., 1835), "Man, Social, Intellectual, Moral, Physical," "Hampshire," etc.

Muhlberg

Muhlberg, a town of Prussia, in the province of Saxony, on the right bank of the Elbe, 40 m. S. E. of Wittenberg; pop. about 3,500. It is memorable for the victory obtained here, April 24,1547, by the emperor Charles V. over the elector of Saxony, John Frederick, which terminated the war of the Smalcald league, the elector himself being taken prisoner. The Protestant cause in Germany was completely prostrated, but the fruits of his victory were lost to the emperor by the defection in 1552 of Maurice, the new elector of Saxony.

Muhlhausen

Muhlhausen, a town of Prussia, in the province of Saxony, on the Unstrutt, 29 m. N. W. of Erfurt; pop. in 1871, 19,510. It has a gymnasium, 14 churches, three hospitals, and an orphan asylum. The principal manufactures are linens, woollens, leather, and tobacco. It is surrounded by walls, and was formerly a free city of the empire. It is memorable as the headquarters of Münzer, the leader of the peasants' war, and the scene of his execution in 1525.

Muhlhausm, Or Mulhansen

Muhlhausm, Or MüLhansen (Fr. Mulhovsc), a town of the German Reichsland of Alsace-Lorraine, in the district of Upper Alsace, on the 111, 19 m. N. W. of Basel and 62 m. S. S. W. of Strasburg; pop. in 1871, 52,825, since which it lias considerably increased by immigration from Germany. It consists of an old and a new town, the former on an island, the latter on the right bank of the 111. Since the beginning of the present century it has been an important seat of industry. Cotton printing was introduced here about the middle of the 18th century, and is largely carried on; and recently the manufacture of woollen goods has assumed great importance. The town with its territory once formed part of the Swiss confederation, but was united to France in 1798. It was occupied by the Germans in September. 1870, and by the treaty of May, 1871, was ceded to Germany.

Muhlhelm-On-The-Rhine

Muhlhelm-On-The-Rhine, a town of Rhenish Prussia, on the Cologne and Minden railway, 2 m. X. of Cologne; pop. in 1871, 13,511. It has a Catholic and two Protestant churches a synagogue and a pro-gymnasium. The industry is very flourishing; the chief manu-factures are velvet, silk, and leather. There are also numerous mills, and a brisk trade by river and railway. Its prosperity dates from the beginning of the 17th century, when some Protestant emigrants from Cologne settled here.