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 394 MACBRIDE. Essays,” which were received with great applause, and were speedily translated into different languages; and the conspicuous merit of this performance induced the univer sity of Glasgow to confer the degree of M.D. on i t s author. The improvement introduced b y Dr. Macbride i n the art o f tanning, b y substituting lime water for com mon water i n preparing ooze, procured him the honour o f a silver medal from the Dublin Society i n 1768, and o f a gold medal o f considerable value from the Society o f Arts and Commerce i n London. For several years after Dr. Macbride obtained his degree, h e employed part o f his time i n the duties o f a medical teacher, and delivered, a t his own house, a course o f lectures o n the theory and practice o f physic. These lectures were published i n one vol. 4to i n 1772, and were translated into Latin, and published a t Utrecht i n two vols. 8vo, i n 1774. Dr. Macbride died o f a n accidental cold, which brought on a fever and delirium, o n the 13th o f December, 1778, i n the fifty-third year o f his age, and was generally and deeply lamented. JOHN MACBRIDE, A gentleMan o f a very respectable family i n Ireland, was appointed a lieutenant i n the navy, o n the 27th o f October, 1758. We have n o further particulars concern ing him till August 1761, when h e commanded the Grace, armed cutter, i n which h e eminently distinguished him self. Being off Dunkirk, and observing a dogger privateer i n the road, h e procured from the Maidstone, captain Digges, four boats manned and armed, with which h e proceeded a t ten o'clock a t night, i n order t o complete a design which h e had formed. On approaching the priva teer, the seamen laid their oars across, except two i n each boat, which they muffled with baize, t o prevent their being heard a t a distance. They rowed i n that manner till they came within musket-shot o f the privateer; when being