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 T96 MACKLIN MoLEAN influence on the subsequent undertakings du- ring the war. Mack was sentenced to death by an Austrian court martial ; but his sentence was commuted, and he was cashiered and con- demned to 20 years' imprisonment. He was set free after two years' detention, but was not pardoned till 1819. MAC KLIN, Charles, an Irish actor, born in Westmeath about 1690, died in London, July 11, 1797. His real name was McLaughlin. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a saddler, and soon ran away to England, where he mar- ried the widow of a publican. This marriage was speedily dissolved on account of his youth, and Macklin, returning to Ireland, became badgeman in Trinity college, Dublin. In 1711 he again visited England, and joined a strolling company of players in the capacity of harlequin. In 1725 he made his appearance at the Lin- coln's Inn theatre, London, as Alexander in u (Edipus." In 1735 he accidentally killed a fellow actor in a quarrel, for which he was tried and found guilty of manslaughter. He was however acting in 1741, when he estab- lished his fame by his representation of Shy- lock at Drury Lane theatre. Retiring from the stage in 1753, he turned tavern-keeper and lecturer on oratory in Covent Garden. He lectured in full dress, and was laughed at by the wits of the day ; and this speculation hav- ing failed, he returned to the stage in 1758, where he continued with some intervals till 1789, when, in his 100th year, the failure of his powers finally compelled him to abandon it for ever. There is some doubt as to the date of his birth, he himself, to serve a special purpose, as was alleged, placing it in 1699, contrary to the evidence of his contemporaries ; but even in that case he presents an extraor- dinary instance of professional longevity. He was the author of ten dramas, two of which are still occasionally represented, "The Man of the World" and "Love a la Mode." A memoir of him, by J. T. Kirkman, was pub- lished in London in 1799. MACKNIGHT, James, a Scottish author, born at Irvine, Argyleshire, in 1721, died in Edin- burgh in 1800. He studied at Glasgow and Leyden, was licensed as a preacher, and in 1753 was appointed minister of Maybole in Ayrshire, where he continued for 16 years, and composed some of his most valuable works. In 1769 he was transferred to Jedburgh, and in 1772 became pastor of one of the leading churches of Edinburgh, where the rest of his life was passed. His most important works are: "Harmony of the Four Gospels" (4to, 1756; 2d ed., 2 vols. 4to, 1763); "The Truth of the Gospel History " (4to, 1763) ; and " A New Translation of the Apostolical Epistles, with Commentary and Notes " (4 vols., 1795). McLANE, Louis, an American statesman, born at Smyrna, Kent co., Del., May 28, 1786, died in Baltimore, Oct. 7, 1857. He was the son of Allen McLane, a distinguished revolution- ary officer. He entered the navy in 1798, and served as a midshipman in the Philadel- phia under the elder Decatur; but he after- ward studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1808. During the war with England he served as a volunteer in a company which marched to the defence of Baltimore in 1814. He was representative in congress from the state of Delaware from 1817 to 1827, when he was chosen senator. In May, 1829, he was appointed by President Jackson minister to Great Britain, which post he held for two years, and on his return home was made sec- retary of the treasury. In 1833 he declined to sanction the removal of the deposits from the United States bank, and was consequently transferred by the president to the state de- partment. He held the office of secretary of state till June, 1834, when he resigned and re- tired from political life. In 1837 he accepted the presidency of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which he held till 1847. In June, 1845, he was appointed by President Polk am- bassador to London during the pendency of the Oregon negotiations, after the settlement of which he resigned. In 1850 he was a mem; her of the convention to reform the constitu- tion of Maryland, which was his last public service. While in congress he voted against the admission of slavery into the territories,. although his course was in opposition to the views of his constituents. MULUKIX, Colin, a Scottish mathematician, born at Kilmodan, Argyleshire, in February, 1698, died in Edinburgh, June 14, 1746. He was educated at the university of Glasgow, and in 1717 was appointed professor of mathe- matics in Marischal college, Aberdeen, which post he occupied till 1725, when, at the rec- ommendation of Sir Isaac Newton, whose ac- quaintance he had formed during a visit to London in 1719, he was called to be assistant professor of mathematics at Edinburgh, and after the death of Prof. Gregory succeeded him and retained the mathematical chair until his death. During the rebellion of 1745 he sided with the existing government. Upon the entrance of Charles Edward into the city he took refuge with Dr. Herring, archbishop of York, but returned to Edinburgh when quiet was restored. His works are : Seometria Organica (London, 1720); "Treatise on the Percussion of Bodies," an essay for which he received the prize of the academy of sciences in 1724; a "Treatise on Fluxions" (2 vols. 4to, Edinburgh, 1742), written partly in reply to an attack of Bishop Berkeley on the prin- ciples of fluxions ; a " Treatise on Algebra " (1748) ; and an " Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries " (London, 1748), left unfinished and published from his papers. Mi LEAN. I. A N. W. county of Kentucky, intersected by Green river ; area, 320 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,614, of whom 814 were colored. The surface is undulating and the soil produc- tive. It is traversed by the Owensboro and Kussellville railroad. The chief productions in