MADMILLAN, Huon, LL.D., b. Scotland, 1833; educated at Breadalbane academy and Edinburgh university. He was minister of the free church in Kirkmichael, Perth shire, in 1850, and five years later was transferred to the free St. Peter's church in. Glasgow, where he remains. He has published Bible Teachings in Icature (1866), a work which met with great success, and has been translated into several continental languages; _First Forms of Vegetation; The True Vine; T he Ministry of Nature; The Garden and the City; Sunglints in the 1Vilderness; The Sabbath of the _Melds, which has been translated into Danish and Norwegian; and Our Lord's Three Raisings from. the Dead. Ile bas also been a prolific contributor to periodical literature. He is an LL.D. of the university of St. Andrews.
McMINN, a co. in s.e. Tennessee; 480 sq.m.; pop. '80, 15,064. It is drained by the Hiawassee river and Chestna creek, and traversed by the Tennessee, Virginia and Geor gia railroad. Corn and whisky are the staples. Capital, Athens.
MeMULLEN, a co. in s.w. Texas, traversed by the Nueces and Frio rivers; 125Ct sq.m.; pop. '80, 701. The breeding of stock is almost the only industry. The only' town is McMullen.
McMURROGII, DERMOT, King of Leinster, Ireland. He became king in 1140, but was expelled by his subjects in 1168. Henry II. of England refused to aid him, but Richard de Clare, earl of Pembroke (surnamed Strongbow), restored him to power in 1170. The earl married the daughter of the king, and when the latter died, in the same year, the former succeeded him as king and as a vassal of England; laying thus the foundation of the English claim of supremacy in Ireland.
McNAB, Sir ALAN NAPIER, 1798-1862; entered the royal navy as a midshipman in 1813, and took part in the British expedition against Sackett's Harbor and other American towns. He left the navy, and became an ensign in the army, commanding the advance at the battle of Plattsburg. At the close of the war 1812-15 lie remained in Canada, studied law, and was admitted to practice at the Cauadian bar. He was elee,ted to the legislature, became speaker of the legislative assembly, and prime minister in the gov ernment of the earl of Elgin, and that of sir Edmund Head, which followed. He was prominent in sustaining the government against the insurrection of 1837-38, being appointed col. of militia. While in command at Niagara he ordered the seizure of the steamer Caroline, -which was conveying supplies to the rebels, from the American side, set fire to her, and sent her over Niagara Falls. This daring act was approved by the British government, and MeNab was rewarded for it by being knighted. In 18'41 he was speaker of the legislature; in 1858 was made a baronet; and in 1860 became a mem ber of the legislative council.
MeNAIRY, a co. in s.w. Tennessee. watered by affluents of the Big I-Ritchie river, and reached by the -Mobile and Ohio, and Memphis and Charleston railroads; 620 sq.m.; pop. '80, 17,271. The productions are Indian corn, wheat, oats, wool. cotton, and sN%c t potatoes. A large proportion of this county is covered with a dense growth of ash, chestnut, hickory, oak, and other timber. Co. seat, Purdy.