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MOO M. Raymond Monvoisin was nominated knight of the legion of honour in 1837.—J. T—e.  MOOR,, an eminent Dutch painter, was born at Leyden in 1656, and studied under Gerard Dow, A. Van den Tempel, and F. Van Mieris. He painted historical and domestic subjects, of large as well as of cabinet size. Of the former class is his "Judgment of Brutus," painted for the council chamber of the States of Holland. He excelled especially in life-sized portraits, like those of the trustees of the Leprosenhuys, Amsterdam. He etched a few portraits, including himself, G. Dow, Mieris, and other painters. Van Moor died in 1738.—J. T—e.  MOOR,, a learned Romish divine, born at Dublin in 1640. He was educated at Nantz and Paris, and for some years was professor in the Grassin college. Having returned to Ireland, he took priest's orders, and became provost of Trinity college, Dublin. By the influence of the jesuits he was banished; but after the death of James I. he was invited to France, was twice made rector of the university of Paris, and was appointed principal of the college of Navarre. He died in 1726.  MOORE,, a dramatic writer of the last century, was born at Abingdon in the year 1712. His father was a dissenting minister. Edward, being the third son, was brought up to business, and was at one time engaged in the linen trade; but, meeting with small success, he was induced to abandon the counter for the muse. His first performance, "Fables for the Female Sex," appeared in 1744. In 1748 he wrote an ironical poem in defence of his friend Lyttleton, entitled "Trial of Selim the Persian for high crimes and misdemeanours." After one or two dramatic failures he produced the tragedy of the "Gamester" in 1753, a name still familiar in the ears of all play-goers. The play at first met with indifferent success, yet it is solely to its merits that the author's posthumous reputation is due. Garrick not only sustained the part of Beverley with marvellous power, but also introduced some judicious additions in certain scenes. Mrs. Siddons at a later period was famous in the part of Mrs. Beverley. The dreadful and heart-rending termination of the piece was censured by many, but was strenuously vindicated by Young. In the same year Moore commenced the World, a miscellaneous weekly publication, which he continued up to the time of his death. He obtained the services of an able staff of coadjutors; among them were such names as Horace Walpole, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Hailes, Warton, and Jenyns. In 1756 he published a complete edition of his works in 4to, with a dedication to the duke of Newcastle. Moore died in the February of the following year at the early age of forty-five. His minor poems, though not ungraceful, are more lusciously expressed than was to be expected from one brought up in the rigid school of English nonconformity.—T. A.  MOORE,, M.D., a Scottish physician and miscellaneous writer, was the son of the Rev. Charles Moore, episcopal minister of Stirling, and was born in 1729. He was educated at the grammar-school and university of Glasgow; and having made choice of the medical profession, was apprenticed to Dr. Gordon, an eminent practitioner of that city, with whom Smollett had been an apprentice a few years before. In 1747 Moore accompanied the duke of Argyll to the continent, and in the capacity of surgeon's mate attended the military hospitals at Maestricht and Flushing during the campaign of the allied army in Flanders. On the termination of hostilities he returned to England; and after spending some time in London he went to Paris, where he was appointed household surgeon to the earl of Albemarle, the British ambassador at the French court. He next entered into partnership with his old master Dr. Gordon, and practised for a number of years in Glasgow with great success. In 1772 he was induced to accompany the young duke of Hamilton to the continent, and spent five years with his grace in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. On his return from the continent in 1778 Dr. Moore took up his residence in London, where he died in 1802, in the seventy-third year of his age. Dr. Moore was a voluminous and successful author. His principal works are "A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany," 2 vols., 1779; "View of Society and Manners in Italy," 1781; "Medical Sketches," 1785; a "Journal during a Resilience in France," 2 vols., 1793-94; a "View of the Causes and Progress of the French Revolution," 2 vols., 1795; a "Life of Smollett;" and three novels—"Zeluco," 1786; "Edward," 1796; and "Mordaunt," 1800. The first of these is the most popular of all Dr. Moore's writings. Childe Harold, Byron tells us, was perhaps intended to be "a poetical Zeluco." Moore had no great powers of invention or skill in the construction of a plot; but he was a shrewd observer of men and manners, and his works display good sense, judicious observation, and an extensive acquaintance with mankind, interspersed with amusing sketches of character, and a kind of sardonic wit, which gives piquancy to his remarks. Dr. Moore left five sons and a daughter.—J. T.  MOORE,, a distinguished general, eldest son of the preceding, was born at Glasgow, 13th November, 1761. After attending for several years the grammar-school and university of his native city, he completed his education by travelling for a considerable period on the continent with his father. Having made choice of the military profession, he obtained a commission in the 51st regiment, which he joined at Minorca in 1776. He was next appointed to a lieutenancy in the 82d and served with that regiment in America, until it was reduced at the end of the war in 1783. In 1788 he obtained the rank of major in the 60th, but soon after exchanged into the 51st, his original regiment, of which he was made lieutenant-colonel by purchase in 1790. He represented for a short time in parliament the burgh of Lanark. At the commencement of the French revolutionary war. Colonel Moore accompanied in 1794 the expedition against Corsica, where he showed equal courage and skill in the discharge of his military duties, and firmness in resisting the unwarrantable interference of Admiral Hood, an able but headstrong and domineering old officer. Moore received his first wound in storming the Mozzello fort at the siege of Calvi. He returned to England in 1795, and was appointed, with the rank of brigadier-general, to serve with Sir Ralph Abercromby in the expedition against the West Indies. That calm and sagacious observer formed a high opinion of Moore's character and qualifications; employed him in every arduous and difficult service; declared in a general order that his conduct at the siege of Morne Fortunèe was the admiration of the whole army; and after the capitulation intrusted him with the government of the island of St. Lucie. The laborious and dangerous duties of that office he discharged in the most efficient manner; and by a judicious combination of firmness and humanity he succeeded in re-establishing order and tranquillity in the island. Having returned to England in August, 1797, about the close of the year General Moore was placed on the staff of Sir Ralph Abercromby, commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland, and accompanied him to Dublin. When the rebellion broke out in the following year, Moore was stationed in the most disaffected district of the country, and at the head of a small force defeated a large body of the insurgents near Wexford, and captured that town. While thus prompt and vigorous in suppressing the rebellion, he formed and expressed a strong opinion respecting the acts of injustice and cruelty perpetrated on the peasantry by the gentry and the government; and when the venerable Abercromby resigned his command rather than lend himself to the savage and revengeful policy of his superiors, Moore would have resigned also but for the persuasions of Sir Ralph, who feared such a step "would give to an act of conscience and political dignity the appearance of party spirit." Immediately after quitting Ireland, General Moore was engaged under Sir Ralph Abercromby in the unfortunate expedition to Holland, in which he was wounded. Early in 1800 he was appointed to serve as major-general under Sir Ralph in the abortive expedition to the Mediterranean, and in the following year accompanied his illustrious friend to Egypt, where a favourable opportunity was afforded him for the display of his eminent abilities. In the landing at Aboukir, March 4, Moore led the assault on the French batteries, and he fought with signal gallantry in the combat on the 13th, and again in the decisive battle of Alexandria on the 21st, in which he was severely wounded. He continued, however, to serve with the army until the surrender of Alexandria, when he returned home, and was rewarded with the order of the bath. His next service was in the camp of instruction at Shorncliffe on the coast of Kent, where he showed that his skill and energy in training soldiers were equal to his courage and ability in commanding them. On the renewal of the war with France after the short peace of 1802, Moore was sent to Sicily as second in command, first to Sir John Stewart, and subsequently to General Fox, who virtually left the command of the island in Moore's hands. On his return to England he was despatched on an expedition to Sweden, which Napier denounces as alike scandalous and stupid in design and execution; and adds, "Had 