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 CAMPBELL 663 with the residency, permitting Ilavelock and Outrain to welcome their deliverers the same afternoon. Sir Colin, however, recognized at once the impossibility of holding Lucknow in the face of the overwhelming masses of the enemy ; but masking his real designs by open- ing a fire on the Kaiserbogh, he succeeded in dividing the insurgents' attention, and while they were preparing for the anticipated assault the garrison withdrew during the night of the 2'ld, through the lines of pickets. Toward the afternoon of the 24th Sir Colin reached Alum- bagh, where on the 25th he was joined by the rear guard under Sir James Outram (Havelock having died on the same day), and hastening on toward Cawnpore, arrived at the Pandoo Nud- dee, within a few miles of that town, on Nov. 26. He came in time to save the British from destruction. A force of 14,000 sepoys, with numerous cavalry and 40 pieces of artillery, was threatening an army of 2,000 Europeans under Gen. Windham. Forced to retire within their intrenchments, the British suffered severely from the fierce assault of the rebels, and were almost entirely at their mercy when, alarmed by the long-continued sounds of firing, Camp- bell crossed the Ganges, and soon drove the enemy before the intrenchments, capturing 16 of their guns. His first care was to have the women and children and the wounded sent under safe escort to Allahabad, whence they were forwarded to Calcutta ; and turning his attention next to the enemy, he commenced the attack in the forenoon of Dec. 6, shelling them out of the town, falling on them with his infantry, and forcing them to take for safe- ty to the Ganges, whence they reached the other side, on their flight into Oude. He again defeated the enemy at Futtehgurh, Jan. 2, 1858; and he recaptured Lucknow, March 4. He was made general, May 14, 1858; cre- ated a peer with the title of Baron Clyde, of Clydesdale, Aug. 16; received the thanks of parliament in 1859 ; and was made colonel of the Coldstream guard in 1860, knight of the Star of India in 18G1, and field marshal, Nov. 9, 1862. CAMPBELL, George, a Scottish clergyman, born at Aberdeen, Dec. 25, 1719, died April 6, 1796. He was educated at Marischal college, and studied law, but afterward devoted himself to theology. He was ordained over a parish near Aberdeen in 1750, presented in 1756 to one of the churches in Aberdeen, elected in 1759 re- gent of Marischal college, and made doctor of divinity by King's college, and chosen in 1771 professor of divinity in Marischal college. In 1763 he published a " Dissertation on Miracles," in reply to Hume, and in 1776 " The Philoso- phy of Rhetoric." He also published a trans- lation of the Gospels, which was well received. His posthumous "Lectures on Ecclesiastical History " were marked with a violent feeling of opposition to episcopacy. On the occasion of his resignation, in 1795, he received a pension of 300 a year from the government. CAMPBELL, John, a political and historical writer, born in Edinburgh, March 8, 1708, died in London, Dec. 28, 1775. His parents removed to Windsor in his childhood. He was intended for the law, but became a writer in the departments of biography, history, poli- tics, and statistics. His first publications were anonymous, and appeared in the following or- der : " The Military History of Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough " (2 vols. fol., London, 1736); "Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown, Esq." (1739); and "Concise History of Spanish America " (1741). In 1742 he began to put his name to his works ; the first was the "Lives of the British Admirals," &c. (4 vols., 1742-'4; increased to 8 vols., 1812-'17). In 1745 he became one of the prin- cipal contributors to the Biographia Britan- nica. In 1750 he published a "Survey of the Present State of Europe." After the peace of Paris, 1763, he was employed by the British government to write a vindication of it. His last work was " A Political Survey of Great Britain" (2 vols. 4to, 1774). In 1755 he was appointed agent for the province of Georgia, whrch office he retained till his death. CAMPBELL, John, a Scottish clergyman, born in Edinburgh in 1766, died April 4, 1840. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith and jeweller in Edinburgh, but when about 23 years old enter- ed the ministry. He undertook the charge of 24 young Africans who had been brought from Sierra Leone to be instructed in Christianity. He took an active part in the formation of the British and foreign Bible society in 1804, and was ordained the same year pastor of the Kings- land dissenting church, near London. In 1812 he made a journey to South Africa, to inquire into the religious state of the natives, and the prosperity of the missions among them, and re- peated the visit in 1818. On his return, each time, he published an account of his travels and observations ; and he was the author of several other works. In 1823 he founded the magazine called the " Teacher's Offering," hav- ing previously established the "Youth's Mag- azine," which he edited for 18 years. CAMPBELL, John, lord, a British jurist and author, born near Cupar, in Scotland, Sept. 15, 1779, died in London, June 23, 1861. His father was minister for 54 years at Cupar. John, the 2d son, was educated at the univer- sity of St. Andrews. He went early in life to London, entered as a student at Lincoln's Inn (1800), and was called to the bar in 1806. While pursuing his legal studies, he supported himself by writing law reports and theatrical criticisms. His industry and talents soon brought him a good practice at the common law bar; nevertheless he found time to pub- lish reports of the principal cases decided in the courts of king's bench and common pleas. In 1827 he received the appointment of king's counsel. In 1830 he was returned to parliament for the borough of Stafford, and in 1832 for Dudley. In November of the latter