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MOKRIS. 21 MORRIS. MORRIS, Alexander (1826-90). A Cana- dian statesman, born at Perth, Ontario. He studied in Scotland at Saint Andrew's and Glas- gow University, graduated at ilctlill University, Montreal, and was called to the bar in 1851. In 18(il he was elected Conservative member from South Lanark, in 180!) was made Minister of In- land Eevenue, and later was Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Manitoba ( 1872- 77). He was elected to the Ontario Legislature (1878) as member for East Toronto. He was a strong advocate of the confederation of the prov- incss, and the author of Treaties of ('(iiutdd icith the Indians of the Northwest (1880); Nova Britannia (188-1); and Canada and Her Re- sources (1885). MORRIS, Bexjamix Wistar (1819—). An American elergj'nian. He was born at Wellsboro, Pa., graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1846, receiving that year the ordina- tion of deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and the following year was ordained priest. He was stationed as rector at Sunbury, Wanayunk, and Germantown, all in Pennsjd- vania. In 1868 he was consecrated Bishop of Oregon and Washington, his diocese subse- quently being restricted to the former State. During his incumbency he has actively advanced the educational and philanthropical interests of his diocese, being instrumental in establishing Saint Helen's Hall, a boarding and day school for gii'ls, the Bishop Scott Academy, and the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He is the author of Preshtjterian, Baptist, and Methodist Testimoni/ to Confirmation (1860). MORRIS, Charles (1745-1838). An English song-writer of A'elsh origin. He was reared by his mother, went to America in the 17th foot in 1764. and on his return to England he was for many years punch-maker and bard of the famovis Beef Steak Club, a convivial society founded in 1735. He associated with the party of Fox, for which he wrote many political songs, as Billy Pitt and the Farmer." Neglected by his Whig friends, he composed the lament, "The Old Whig Poet to His Burt' Waistcoat." The French song- writer B^ranger also wrote a charming ditty on an old coat of his, but quite unlike that by Morris. Morris met the Prince of A"ales and was a frequent guest at Carlton House, where he was known as "The Sun of the Table." Among his best known pieces are : "The Town and the Country;" "A Reason Fair to Fill My Glass;" "The Triumph of Venus;" and "Ad Poculum." The Prince granted liim an annuity of £200; and the Beef Steak Club gave him a villa near Dork- ing, where he passed his last years, living to be ninety -three. His songs were gathered vinder the title Li/ra Vrbanica (1840; 2d ed. 1844). MORRIS, Charles (1784-1856). An Ameri- can naval oflicer, born in Woodstock, Conn. He entered the United States Xavy in 1799, took an active part in the war with Tripoli, and in the famous recapture of the Philadelphia (1804) in the harbor of Tripoli was the first of the hoarders to reach the deck of that vessel. When the War of 1812 broke out he was executive officer of the Constitvtion, and in the engagement between that vessel and the Guerriere was wounded. He re- ceived command of the frigate John Adams, and after a successful cruise was blockaded in the Penobscot River by an English fleet and forced to destroy his vessel to prevent her capture. He commanded the Congress in the war with Al- giers, and in 1825 carried Lafayette back to France in the Brandyaine. He was for years naval connnissioner, for a considerable time super- visor of the Xaval .cadem_v at Annapolis, and at his death, in 1856, was chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. Consult his Au- tobiograptiy (Annapolis, 1880). MORRIS, Charles o'Urban (1827-86). An American classical pliilologi.st and educator, born in Charmouth, Dorset. His grandmother was Mary Philipse Morris (q.v. ) . He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, and after three years as a scholar at Lincoln College, was a fellow of Oriel (1851-54). In 1853 he came to New York, was rector of Trinity School until 1856, and then founded the Mohegan School, near Peekskill. From the University of the City of New York he went in 1876 to .Johns Hopkins as collegiate professor of Latin and Greek. His publications, which are marked by many original pedagogical methods, are: A Compendious Grammar of Attic Greek (1869; 4th ed. 1876); a Latin Grammar (1870; 4th ed. 1876); and several Latin and Greek primers and readers. MORRIS, Cl.ra (1849? — ). An American actress, especially noted for her success in the interpretation of "emotional' roles. She was born in Toronto, Canada (her real name being Mor- rison), but was reared in Cleveland, Ohio, where at the Academy of ilusic she became a member of the ballet and afterwards leading actress. Later she played in Cincinnati. She came to New York in 1870 as a member of Daly's com- pany. In 1872 she made a sensation in L'Article l. Conspicuous among her subsequent successes were those won in Alixe (1873), Camille (1874), and Miss Multon (L^'nion Square Theatre, 1876), and she soon became well known as a star whose acting was distinguished for spontaneity and naturalness. She was married to F. C. Harriott in 1874. About 1885 she began to devote herself mainly to literary work, among her publications being: Little Jim Crow, and Other Stories of Children (1899); A Silent Singer (1899); Life on the Stage: Mij Personal Ejyperiences and Rec- ollections (1901) ; A Pasteboard Crown (1902) ; Stage Confidenees (1902). Consult McKay and Wingate, Famous American Actors of Today (NewY'ork. 1896) ; Matthews and Hutton, AcJors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States (ib., 1886). MORRIS, DrxAH. In George Eliot's Adam Bede, the cliaraetcr which really becomes the centre of interest for the novel. The book was suggested by, and the character partly drawn from, the author's aunt, who. like Dinah, was a Jlethodist evangelist ; but the prominence which the character assumes is due to the criticism of Lewes. Sir Leslie Stephen calls it "not only an elaborate but a most skillful and loving portrait of a beautiful soiil." MORRIS, Edward Joy (1815-81). An Ameri- can diplomat and translator, born in Philadel- phia. He graduated at Harvard in 1836. and began the practice of the law in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Assembly in 1841-43. and in November, 1842, was elected as a Wliig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving from 1843 to 1845. From 1850 to 1854 he was charge d'affaires for the United