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 802 McNEIL MACOMB "The Pastoral or Lyric Muse, of Scotland" (1808); "Town Fashions" (1810); "Bygane Times and Late Come Changes" (1811); and " The Scottish Adventurers " (1812). McNEIL, John, an American soldier, born at Hillsborough, N. H., in 1784, died in Washing- ton, Feb. 23, 1850. In March, 1812, he was commissioned as captain in the llth regiment of infantry, and in August. 1813, as major. At the battle of Chippewa (July 5, 1814) the bayonet charge of the llth regiment under his command secured the victory to the Americans. For his conduct in this battle, and in that of Bridgewater, where he was severely wounded, he was successively brevetted as lieutenant colonel and colonel. He remained in the ser- vice after the peace, and attained the rank of brevet brigadier general (1824), and colonel of the first regiment of infantry (1826). He re- signed his commission in 1830, having in 1829 been appointed surveyor of the port of Bos- ton, a post which he held several years. MeNEILE, Hugh, an Irish clergyman, born at Ballycastle, county Antrim, about 1794. He graduated at Trinity college, Dublin, in 1815, and entered upon the study of law; but in 1820 he took orders, and for some time held a curacy in Donegal. He married a daughter of Archbishop Magee in 1822, became rector of Albury in Surrey, and during his incumbency preached frequently in London. In 1834 he became rector of St. Jude's church, Liverpool, and in 1848 of St. Paul's, Prince's park, built especially for him. He received the degree of D. D. from his college in 1845, and became honorary canon, and in 1860 canon residentiary, in Chester cathedral. His services in Liver- pool were so highly esteemed that the citizens collected a large sum of money, and offered it to him as a testimonial; but the money was declined, and by his advice was devoted to the cause of education. In 1868 he was appoint- ed by the queen dean of Ripon, which post he still occupies (1874). Dr. McNeile is one of the most successful and eloquent preachers in the church, and has published a number of volumes, among which are : "Miracles and Spiritual Gifts" (1832); "Sermons on the Second Advent of our Lord " (1835; 5th ed., 1842); "Lectures on the Prophecies relative to the Jews" (1840 and 1866); "Lectures on the Church of England " (8th ed., 1842); " The Church and the Churches" (1846; new ed., 2 vols., 1867); and " Letter to Dr. Pusey on his Eirenicon " (1866). He has also written tracts on Romanism, Unitarianism, &c. MacNEVEN, William James, an Irish patriot, born at Ballynahowne, Gal way, March 26, 1763, died in New York, July 12, 1841. He gradu- ated M. D. at Vienna in 1784, and commenced the practice of physic in Dublin. Having ta- ken part in the proceedings of the "United Irishmen," he was arrested March 12, 1798, confined in Kilmainham, and afterward in Fort George. He was liberated with the other prisoners in 1802, passed the summer and au- tumn in travelling through Switzerland on foot, and wrote an account of his journey, en- titled " A Ramble through Switzerland." In October he entered Paris, and a few months after joined the French army as a captain in the Irish brigade, hoping for an attack upon Ireland by the French. He was disappointed, resigned his commission, and set sail for New York, where he arrived on the 4th of July, 1804. He there entered upon the practice of medicine, received from Columbia college the honorary degree of M. D., and from 1808 to 1830 was professor in the college of physicians and surgeons and in a medical school connected with Rutgers college, N. J. He also published " Use and Construction of the Mine Auger " (London, 1788); " Exposition of the Atomic Theory" (1804); "Pieces of Irish History" (1807); and an edition of Brande's " Chemis- try." He was co-editor for three years with Dr. De Witt of the New York "Medical and Philosophical Journal." In 1812 he was ap- pointed resident physician by Gov. Clinton, and in 1840 by Gov. Seward. MACAISH, Robert, a Scottish physician, born in Glasgow, Feb. 15, 1802, died there, Jan. 16, 1837. He studied medicine in Glasgow and Paris, and contributed to several Scottish magazines, especially to "Blackwood" under the title of "The Modern Pythagorean," a series of tales and sketches, which were issued separately in 1837. He also published " The Anatomy of Drunkenness" (1827), one of the first works in which the subject was discussed from a purely physiological standpoint; "The Philosophy of Sleep" (1830); a "Book of Aphorisms" (1833); and an "Introduction to Phrenology "(1835). MACOMB, a S. E. county of Michigan, bor- dering on Lake St. Clair, and drained by Clin- ton river and its branches; area, 460 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 27,616. In the east the surface is level and well timbered, and in the west hilly and broken; the soil is deep and fertile. The Grand Trunk and the Detroit and Bay City railroads pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 381,862 bushels of wheat, 317,358 of Indian corn, 529,417 of oats, 264,553 of potatoes, 144,806 Ibs. of hops, 322,189 of wool, 888,184 of butter, and 42,- 689 tons of hay. There were 7,983 horses, 9,027 milch cows, 7,741 other cattle, 64,305 sheep, and 11,289 swine; 10 manufactories of agricultural implements, 18 of carriages and wagons, 12 of saddlery and harness, 4 of turned and carved wood, 21 saw mills, and 10 flour mills. Capital, Mount Clemens. MACOMB, Alexander, an American soldier, born in Detroit, April 13, 1782, died in Wash- ington, June 25, 1841. He entered the army in 1799 as a cornet of cavalry, was retained in the service after the partial disbanding of the army in 1802, and at the commencement of the war with Great Britain in 1812 held the rank of lieutenant colonel of engineers and adjutant general of the army. Finding his position not