LYON, Miss EMMA, daughter of Mr. S. Lyon, Hebrew teacher at Cambridge. Miscellan ous Poems, 8vo. 1812. LYON, Rev. JOHN, F.A.S. Minister of St. Mary's, at Dover. and Vice-president of the Antiquarian Society. This learned and respectable gentleman is a near relative of the preceding, in conjunction with whom he has commenced a valuable work, entitled : Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, 4to. vol. i. 1806 vol. ii. parti. 4to. 1808. part ii. 1811. vol. iii. 1814. The separate publications of Mr. Samuel Lysons, are, An account of Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester, in the county of Gloucester, fol. 1797. Experiments and Observations in Electricity, 4to. 1780.-Farther proofs that glass is permeable by the Electric Effluvia, 4to. 1781.--Remarks on the leading proofs offered in favor of the Franklinian System of Electricity, 8vo. 1791.-An 'Account of several new and interesting Phænomena discovered in examining the bodies of a man and four horses killed by light-Figures of Mosaic Pavements discovered at Hork. ning near Dover, 8vo. 1796.--History of Dover, with short account of the Cinque Ports, vol. i. 4to. 1813. LYON, P. Observations ou the Barrenness of Fruit Trees, 8vo. 1813. stow, in Lincolnshire, fol. 1801.-Remains of two Temples, and other Roman Antiquities, discovered at Bath, 2 parts, fol. 1802.-A collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, fol. 1804. LYTE, THOMAS, Military Surveyor, and brew, &. teacher of Hebrew in the Captain in the Army. He is the author University of Cambridge. A compendious Hebrew Grammar, 8vo. 1799.-Observations on an Antique Medal, 8vo. 1810. LYONS, C. J. B.A. of Cambridge. An Essay on the Conduct of the Apostles of Christ before his ascension, 8vo. 1812. LYONS, JAS. lately a minister amongst the Calvinistic Baptists at Hull, but now a Unitarian. He is the author of, The right and duty of a faithful and fearless examination of the Scriptures, asserted in a Sermon | reached at the Calvinistic Baptist Chapel, at Hull, 8vo. 1808. -The dissemination of Unitarian Principles recom. mended, in a Sermon, 8vo. 1808. LYSONS, DANIEL, M.A. F.R.S. F.A.S. and Rector of Rodmarton, in Gloucestershire. His father was an eminent physician, who after taking his degrees in Civil Law, obtained that of Doctor in Medicine at Oxford, and settled at Bath, where he died in 1800. The son was educated at Gloucester, and afterwards at St. Mary-Hall, Oxford, where he took the degree of Master of Arts in 1785, and for some time served the curacy of Putney, during which period he commenced a topographical survey of the county of Middlesex, upon a plan of peculiar merit, and executed in an admirable manner. Mr. Lysons resides at Hempsted Court, in Gloucestershire, and in 1813, married the daughter of John Gilbert Cooper, Esq. of Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire. His works are: ▲ Sermon on the Anniversary of Edward Colston at Bristol, 8vo. 1790.—The Environs of London, being an historical account of the towns, villages, and ham lets within twelve miles of that capital, 4 v. 4to. 1792, 1796, 2d edit. 1811-Historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex which are not described in the Environs of London, 4to. 1800. -History of the origin and progress of the meeting of the three Choirs of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, 8vo. 1812.-A sketch of the Life and Character of the late C. B. Trye, Esq. 4to. 1812. byeons, SAMUEL, F.R. and A.S.S. Keeper of the Records in the Tower, of, The history and present state of the Island of Jersey, 8vo. 1808. MAC ARTHUR, ALEXANDER. Collegium Bengalense, Carmen cui Præmium Buchan anæum à senatu Academiæ Glasguensis adjudica tum, 4to. 1805. MAC ARTHUR, JOHN, a native of North Britain, and formerly Secretary to Admiral Lord Hood, in the American war, during which also he officiated as Judge Advocate. He has published: The principles and practice of Naval Courts Martial, 8vo. 1792; and enlarged with considerable additions to a fourth edition, 2 v. 8vo. 1813.-Financial and Political Facts of the Eighteenth Century, 8vo. 1801. This was published anonymously at its first appear the author avowed it with his name.-The Poems of Ossian, in the original Gaelic, with literal translations into Latin, by the late Robert Macfarlane, A.M.; together with an Essay on the authenticity of the from the Italian of the Abbé Cesarotti's critical disPoems, by Sir John Sinclair, Bart.; and a translation sertation on their authenticity, with notes, 3 v. 8vo. 1807. ance, but in a new edition with additions in 1803, MACARTNEY, C. a provincial actor, who in 1800 performed at Birmingham, where he married Miss Ainton, aged fifteen, who was then engaged in the same comPany. He is the author of, The Vow, com. op. 8vo. Minister of The Treatise of Cicero de Officiis, or his Essay on Moral Duty, translated and accompanied with notes and observations, 8vo. 1793. MACAULAY, AULAY, M.A. F.A.S. Curate of Claybrook, in Leicestershire. The History and Antiquities of Claybrook, in county of Leicester, including the hamlets of Bittesby, Ullesthorpe, Wibroft, and Little Wigston, 8vo. 1791. The peculiar Advantages of Sunday Schools, 8vo. 1792.- Rudiments of Political Science, 8vo. 1796. MACDONALD, J. M.A. General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides, 8vo. 1811. MACDONALD, JOHN, Esq. late Lieutenant Colonel of the Cisalpine regiment, and Engineer. Rules and Regulations for the Field Exercise and Manœuvres of the French Infantry, translated from the French with explanatory notes, and illustrative MACAULAY, JOHN, Esq. A.B. M.R.I.A. Unanimity, a poem, 8vo. 1780.-The Genius of Ireland, masque, 8vo. 1785.-A Monody on the Death of Lady Arabella Denny, 8vo. 1792.--Verses occasioned by the Death of the unfortunate Louis XVI., references to the Prussian and British systems of tac4to. 1793.-The History of the Reformation, from the French of M. de Beausobre, vol. i. 8vo. 1802. MACAULEY, Miss E. formerly an actress, but who was obliged to retire from the stage on account of the ill state of her health. This lady states that she travelled six hundred miles to present to the theatres a dramatic piece which was refused. Effusions of Fancy, a collection of poems, cr. 8vo. 1812. General Directions for the choice of Wines and Spi- MAC CONOCHIE, Rev. JAMES. A dissertation concerning the writer of the Fourth 1803.-Thoughts on National Defence, 8vo. 1813. MACKONOCHIE, ALEXANDER, Esq. of Bagpoor, near Calicut, in Malabar. The prospectus of a work, entitled, a Philosophical Experimental Inquiry into the Laws of resistance of non-elastic Fluids, and the cohesion of fibrous Solids, as far as they are connected with the theory or practice of Naval Architecture, 4to. 1805. M'CORMICK, Capt. THOMAS. The Rambler of Fortune, or sketches of the early part of a Military Life, 8vo. 1803. M'CREERY, JOHN, a printer, formerly of Liverpool, but now of London. The Press, a poem, published as a specimen of typography, 4to. 1803. tics, 4to. 1803.-Instructions for the conduct of Infantry on actual service, 2 v. 18mo. 1807.-The Experienced Officer, or Instructions by General Francis Wimpfen, to Young Men intended for the Military Profession, 8vo. 1804-A Treatise on Telegraphic Communications, 8vo. 1808.-The Formation and Manoeuvres of Infantry, calculated for the effectual resistance of Cavalry, from the French of the Chevalier Du Teil, 8vo. 1810. MACDONALD, JOHN, Esq. F.R.S. and F.A.S. and many years a resident in India. He is the author of: A Treatise explanatory of the principles constituting the practice and theory of the Violoncello, fol. 1811. MACDONALD, JOHN, a native of Scotland, who was shipwrecked on the coast of Norway, the particulars of which, with his subsequent adventures, were published by himself in A Tour through Denmark and Sweden, 2 v. fc. 8vo, 1809. MACDONALD, THOMAS, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. Ou Civil Imprisonment in England; with the History of its Progress and Objections to its Policy as it respects the interest of Creditors and the punishment or protection of Debtors, 8vo. 1791.-Thoughts on the Public Duties of Private Life, with reference to present.circumstances and opinions, 8vo. 1795. MACFARLANE, DUNCAN, See Whyte, ANDREW. MACGILL, STEVENSON, D.D. minister of the Tron Church at Glasgow. M'CRIE, Rev. THOMAS, Minister of the Considerations on some Trials of Principles and ChaGospel at Edinburgh. The Life of John Knox, 8vo. 1812. racter, 12mo. 1809.-A Discourse on Elementary Education, 8vo. 1811.-A Collection of Sacred Trans M'CULLOCK, ROBERT, Minister of the latious, Paraphrases and Hymus, 12mo, 1813. Lectures on the Prophecies of Issiah, 4 v. 8vo. 1794. A Sermon preached at Wormley, 8vo. 1803. MAC GILL, THOMAS. Travels in Turkey, Italy and Russia in 1803-6, £ v. 8vo. 1808.-An Account of Tunis, cr. 8vo. 1811 M'GREGOR, JAMES, M.D. formerly superintending Surgeon to the Indian army in Egypt. Medical Sketches of the Expedition to Egypt from A Treatise on the regulating of the French Infantry, M'GREGOR, JOHN, Teacher of the Mathematics at Edinburgh. A Complete Treatise on practical Mathematics, 8vo. 1797.-An Introduction to Mensuration, 8vo. 1792. M'GREGOR, THOMAS, Esq. Supplement to the Dictionary of Decisions of the Court of Sessions, by Lords Kaimes and Woodhouselee, fol. 1804. M'HENRY, L. J. A. a native of Spain, but of Irish extraction. An Introduction to the Elements of the Spanish MAC INTOSH, ANDREW, of Lincoln's Poems, 8vo. 1811. MACKAY, J. Quebec Hill, or Canadian Scenery, a poem in two parts, 4to. 1797. MACKAY, WILLIAM, second officer of the ship Juno in the East India Service. Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Juno on the coast of Aracan, and of the singular preservation of fourteen of her company on the wreck without food during a period of twenty three days, 8vo. 1798. MACKCOULL, JOHN. Abuses of Justice, being a vindication of the author from several charges of Forgery, 8vo. 1809. MACKENROT, A. The Secret Memoirs of the Hon. Andrew Cochrane 4to. 1801. MACKENZIE, ANNE MARIA, a lady of Exeter, who has published a series of novels with the following titles: Monmouth.-Danish Massacre. Mysteries elucidated, 3 v. 1795.—The Neapolitan, or the Test of Integrity, 3 v. 1796.-Dusseldorff, or the Fratricide, romance, 3 v. 1798.-Feudal Events.-Martin and Mansfeldt, or the Romance of Franconia, 3 v. 12mo. 1802.—The Irish Guardian, or Errors of Eccentricity, S v. 12mo. 1809. MACKENZIE, Sir GEORGE, Bart. Travels in the island of Iceland, 4to. 1809. MACKENZIE, JOHN, D.D. Minister of Portpatrick, and one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary for Scotland. Sermons, 8vo. 1800. MACKENZIE, MURDOCH, F.R.S. and a very eminent Hydrographer. His publications, besides charts and some articles in the Philosophical Transactions, are: Treatise on Maritime Surveying, 4to. 1774.-Maritime Survey of Ireland, 4to. 1776. MACKIE, Mrs. An entire new translation of Madame de Sevigne's MACKINNON, DANIEL, second son of MACKINTOSH, Sir JAMES, Bart. M. P. was born in 1765 in the parish of Dores, his education at the School of Fortrose in the county of Inverness. He received and at King's College, Aberdeen, where his studies were directed to the profession of the healing art, and in 1787 he took his doctor's degree in that faculty. On the death of his father he applied to the law, and became a student of Lincoln's Inn, where, at the commencement a of the French Revolution, he contracted an intimacy with Godwin and other persons who distinguished themselves by their zeal in the cause of political reform. Afterwards the fervor of Mr. mendation of Mr. Pitt, he was chosen to Mackintosh abated, and at the recomread a course of lectures on the laws and constitution of England in the hall of declaimed so vehemently against the Lincoln's Inn, in the course of which he opinions of his old associates, as to bring upon himself the charge of political apostasy. When Peltier was subjected to a prosecution for a libel on the character of Napoleon Buonaparte first consul of France, Mr. Mackintosh displayed uncommon powers of eloquence in the defence of his client. The abilities which he displayed on this occasion had a considerable influence in the appointment of the advocate to the office of Recorder of Bombay, where his oratorical talents frequently called forth the admiration of the Europeans and natives. While on this station he is said to have employed his leisure hours in thre compo MACKENZIE, RODERICK, a General in the Army, who served with great reputation with Lord Cornwallis in America and India. He has published: Strictures on Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton's History of the Campaigns in North America, 8vo. 1787.-A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun, or a detail of military operations from the commencement of hostilities in 1789 to the peace of 1792, 2 v. 4to. 1794. This last work which was printed at Calcutta abounds with valuable information, related in a strain of strict impartiality. MACKRETH, G.. sition of a history of England, from the Revolution to the present reign. On his return to England Sir James was elected into parliament for the shire of Nairn, but in the House of Commons he has not commanded that attention which might have been expected from the report of his literary attainments and elocution. His publications are : 12mo. 1803.-Saw ye Bony coming? mus. dram. 12mo. Slaves, com. op. 8vo. 1792. MACLEAN, CHARLES, M.D. and for- A view of the Science of Life on the principles estab. MACLEAY, K. M.D. Description of the Spar Cave, lately discovered in the MACLEOD, HUGH, D. D. Professor of A Pamphlet on the Regency Question, 8vo. 1789.Vindicia Gallica; or a defence of the French Revo lution aud its English Admirers, against the accusation of Edmund Burke, including some strictures on the late productions of Calonne, 8vo. 1791.-A Discourse on the study of the Law of Nature and Nations, 8vo. 1799.--Discourses on the Laws of Eng land, 8vo. 1799.-The Criticisms on Burke's Regicide Peace, Gibbon's Miscellaneous Works, and other articles in the Monthly Review, are confidently as cribed to his pen. He is also said to have enlisted himself lately in the service of the Edinburgh Review. M'LAREN, ARCHIBALD, a native of the Highlands of Scotland, and born March 2, 1755. At an early age he entered into the army and served in the American war under Howe and Clinton, during which he wrote some poetical pieces in the Philadelphia and New York papers. At the peace he obtained his discharge, and on his return to Scotland he engaged with a company of itinerant players at Montrose, among whom he acquired credit in Scotch, Irish and French characters. In 1794 he enlisted as serjeant in the Dumbartonshire Highlanders, with whom he went to Guernsey, where he resided two years, and there some of his dramatic pieces were performed. He next served in Ireland, but a few weeks after the battle of Vinegar Hill he was MACMILLAN, ANTHONY, the son of discharged, and made the best of his James Macmillan, Esq. of Barlae, in the way to London with the hopes of getting parish of Cornfairn, and county of Kirksome of his pieces brought on the stage, cudbright, was born Jan. 9, 1759. He in which expectation however he was received a private education under his disappointed. He has since continued father's roof, and at sixteen was articled to publish little dramatic productions for to a country notary public, conveyancer, the support of himself and family, not altogether without success, having been patronized in these laudable efforts by persons of high distinction. Some of his performances evince considerable ingenuity, and might, with proper management, be rendered pleasing on the stage. Ilis works are: The Conjuror, farce, 12mo. 1781.-The Coup de Main, ent. 12mo. 1784-Humors of Greenock Fair, int. 12mo. 1789.—Siege of Perth, eut. 12mo. 1792.-Old England for Ever, com. op. 12mo. 1799.-Negro Slaves, ent. 12mo. 1799-Iumors of the Times-Soldier's Widow, mus. eat. 12mo. 1800.-Monopolizer Outwitted, mus. en. 12mo. 1800.-The Chance of War, mus. dram. 12mo. 1801.---Fashion, mus. en. 12mo. 1802.-The First of April, mus. ent. 12mo. 1802.-Lottery Chance, mus. dratu. 12mo. 1803.-Britons to Arms, mus. dram. Casus Principis; or an essay towards a History of M'MAHON, A. LL.B. of the Middle and solicitor, after which he went to 1792 he left off business, and ever since has lived on a small annuity in the His neighbourhood of New Galloway. works are: Forms of Writings in the most common cases, 12mo. 1784.- A Supplement to the above on Personal Rights, 12mo. Three editions of the Forms of Writings were soon sold, and two of the Supplement -A System of Conveyances of Land and Securities thereon, 1 v. 8vo. 1808. He is besides the author of a Dissertation on the reality of the Trojan war, inserted in the Bee, edited by Dr. Anderson; and he is understood to be engaged in compiling Commenta MACNEILL, HECTOR, Esq. On the Treatment of the Negroes in Jamaica, 8vo. 1788.-The Harp, a tale, in two parts, 4to. 1789.Scotland's Skaith; or the History of Will and Jean, 8vo. 1795.-The Waes o'War; or the Upshot of the History of Will and Jean, 8vo. 1796.-The Luicks o' Forth; or a Parting Peep at the Carse o' Stirling, a plaint, 8vo. 1799.-Poetical Works, 2 v. 8vo. 1801. 3d edit. 1812.-The Pastoral or Lyric Muse of Scotland, 4to. 1809.-By gane Times and latesome Changes, 3d edit. 12mo. 1812.-Scottish Adventurers; or the Way to Rise, nov. 2 v. 12mo. 1812. MACPHAIL, JAMES, twenty years gar ries on the Laws of Scotland, after the manner of dener to the Earl of Liverpool. His pubBlackstone's celebrated work on the Laws of Eng- lications are: land. He has also prepared for the press a small volume on Forms of Proceedings before the Justices of the Peace in Scotland. MACNAB, HENRY GREY, M.D. Letter pointing out the impolicy of the proposed measure of obtaining a supply of coal from the manufacturing districts of the metropolis, 4to. 1801.-Observations on the probable consequences of even at tempting by legislative authority to obtain a large supply of coal from Staffordshire to the metropolis, 4to. 1801. MACNALLY, LEONARD, Esq. Barrister at Law, is the son of a merchant at Dublin, and in 1774 was entered a student of the Middle Temple. In 1776 he was called to the Irish bar, where he established his reputation as an orator and a lawyer. In 1783 he figured at London by speeches in favor of the memorable coalition between Fox and North. He was for some time editor of the Public Ledger, and was afterwards concerned in other papers. Mr. Macnally however returned to his native country many years ago, and is now esteemed as one of the leading barristers in Dublin. His literary performances are: The Apotheosis of Punch, masque, 8vo. 1779.-The Claims of Ireland, and the resolutions of the Volunteers vindicated, 8vo. 1782.-Retaliation, farce, 8vo. 1782.-Tristram Shandy, farce, 8vo. 1782.--Robin Hood, com. op. 8vo. 1784.-Fashionable Levities, com. 8vo. 1785.--Richard Cœur de Lion, com. op. 8vo. 1786.-Abstract of Acts passed in Parliament from Jan. 26, to Oct. 27, 1786, 12mo.-Critic upon Critic, dram. med. 8vo. 1792.-Cottage Festival, op. 8vo. 1796.-The Rules of Evidence on Pleas of the Crown, illustrated from printed and manuscript trials, 2 v. 8vo. 1803.-The Justice of Peace of Ire land, 2 v. large 8vo. 1808. MACNAYR, JAMES, LL.D. A Guide from Glasgow to some of the most remark- MACNEILL, DANIEL, A.M. lished, 8vo. 1794 On the Culture of the Cucumber, 8vo. 1794.-Remarks on the present Times; exhibiting the causes of the high price of Provisions, and propositions for their reduction, being an introduction to hints and observations on Agriculture, 8vo. 1795.-The Gardener's Remembrancer, 8vo. 1803. MACPHERSON, DAVID. Geographical Illustrations of Scottish History, containing the names of places mentioned in Chronologies, Histories, and Records, 4to. 1796.-De Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, be Andrew of Wyntown, Priour of Sanet Sersis Yuche in Loch Levyn, now first published with notes and a glossary, 2 v. 8vo. 1795.-Annals of Commerce, Manufactures, Fisheries, and Navigation, 4 v. 4to. 1805.-History of the European Commerce with India, 4to. 1812. M'RAE, DAVID, M.A. A view of the old and new way of Doctrines, Disci pline, and Government in the Churches of Christ, 8vo. 1805. M'QUIN, A. D. F.S.A. Description of three hundred Animals, recomposed and augmented, 8vo. 1812. MACREADY, WILLIAM, is a native of Dublin, and was bred an upholsterer under his father; but he quitted that business for the stage. Happening to please Macklin by his performance of Egerton, in the Man of the World, the veteran procured him an engagement at CoventGarden, where he made his first appearance as Flutter, in the Belle's Stratagem, in 1786. He afterwards became manager of the theatre at Birmingham, and having left Covent-Garden in consequence of some dispute about salary, he opened the Royalty Theatre, which proved unsuccessful. He next had the management of the Sheffield company, and afterwards that of Manchester, where he failed and became a bankrupt. He is the author of, The Irishman in London, far. 8vo. 1793.-The Banknote, com. 8vo. 1795.-To him also has been ascribed the Village Lawyer, far. 12mo. 1795. MACWADE, C. G. Observations on the State of the Cotton Markets, 8vo. 1811. MADAN, SPENCER, D.D. Rector of Ibstock, Leicestershire; and of Thorpe, in Staffordshire, Chaplain in Ordinary to |