MARRIOTT. 94 MARRYAT. ceived from the Buccleuch family the rectory of Church Lawford in Warwicksliire. Though lie retaiiicil this benefice till his death, he resided inoslly in Devonshire, serving in various curacies. To the third edition of tjcott's Miiistrtlsii he con- trihutcd three poems. Marriott's best known poem is "Marriage is Like a Devonshire Lane" (in Joanna Baillie's Collection of Poems, 1S23). lie also wrote several popular hymns, as "Thou whose Almighty Word." MARROW (.S. mearg. mearh, OIIG. marag, iiiiiig, tier. Mark; connected with Welsh titer, t'orn. miiru, OC'hiirch Slav. mo;iju, Av. ma^ga, Skt. mujjan, marrow, from majj, Lat. mergere, to di])). A substance filling the cells and cavi- ties of the bones of manmials. There are two varie- ties, which are known as red marroic and yellow marroie. In some of the short bones, as the bodies of the vertebrse and the sternum, the mar- row has a reddish color, and is found on analysis to contain 75 per cent, of water, the remainder consisting of albuminous and fibrinous matter with salts and a trace of oil. In the long bones of a healthy adult mammal, the marrow occurs as a yellow, oily tluid, contained in vesicles like those of common fat, which are imbedded in the inters])aces of the medullary membrane, which is a highly vascular membrane lining the interior of the bones. This marrow consists of 96 per cent, of oil and 4 of water connective tissue, and vessels. The oily matter of the marrow is com- posed of the same materials as common fat, with the oleinc (or fluid portion) in greater abund- ance. Being of U)w specific gravity, it is well suited to fill the cavities of the bones and forms an advantageous substitute for the bony matter which preceded it in the young animal. Preparn- tions of red bone-marrow are in the market, for internal administration. They are useful in aiiu'tiiia, with other ri-cnnstructives. MARROW CONTROVERSY. One of the inemrirnl)le struggles in the religious history of Scotland. It took its name from a book entitled the Marrow of Modern DiiimVi/. published at Ox- ford in 1(14.'). The authorship of the book has been attributed, though probably incorrectly, to Edward P'isher. The high 'evangelical' character of this work, and especially its doctrine of the free grace of God in the redemption of sinners, had made it a great favorite with certain of the ministers of the Church of Scotland, and in 1718 an edition was published in Edinburgh by the Kev. .lames Hog of Carnock, followed in 1710 by an e.]ilana- tory pamphlet. A eonunittec app.iintcd by the tieneral .Assembly of the s.Tme year, after an ex- amination, drew up a report which was presented to the .ssembly of 1720. and the result was the formal conilemnation of the doctrines of the Mnfrnir, a jjrohibition to teach or preach them for the future, and an exhortation to the jieople of Scotland not to read them. This act of the Assembly was immediately brought by Thomas ISoston before the Presbytery of Selkirk, who laid it before the Synod of Merse and Teviotdale. The 'evancelieal' ministers in the Church, few in nundier. but supported by a very consirb'rnble amount of popular sympathy, resolved to pre- sent a representation to the next Oeneral .ssem- bly ( 1721 ). complaining of the late act. and vin- dietating the 'truths' which it eondeumed. A commission of the .Assembly of 1721 was ap- pointed to deal with the ministers, and n series of questions was put to them, to which answers were drawn up by tbenezer Lrskine and Ijabriel
ilson. These replies did not prove satisfactory,
and the 'Marrow-men' were called before the bar of the Assembly (1722) and solemnly rebuked. The matter was then quietly dropped, but it really occasioned the secession of 1734. See Bos- ton, Thomas, and Kbskixe, Kbexezee. MAR'RUCI'NI. An ancient peoi)le in Cen- tral Italy, on a narrow tract of land along the right bank of the river -Vternus. now the IVscara. Their territory extended from the Apennines to the Adriatic; between the Vcstini on the north- west and the Frentaui on the southeast, and be- tween the Pieligni on the southwest and the Adri- atic on the northeast. They were an indejiendeDt nation, said to be descended from the Sabines, and generally were in alliance with their neigh- bors, the Marsi and Padigni. They entered into alliance with the Romans in B.C. .'504, but rebelled at the beginning of the Social War. Their only place of importance was Teate, now Chieti, on the right bank of the Aternus. MARRYAT, mrir'ri-at. Flohencf. { ls;57-'jy) . An Lnglish authoress, daughter of Captain Jlar- ryat. She was born at Brighton. July !). 1837, edu- cated at home, and began writing at twelve. She was twice married, first to Col. Koss Church, of the Madras Staff Corps, and second to Col. Francis Lean, of the Royal Light Infantry. She died in London. October 27, 1899. As a writer she first gained public attention by Lovc'» Conflict ( 18G5) . Miss Marryat was also known as a lecturer, an operatic singer, and a comedienne. In collabora- tion with Sir C. L. Young she wrote Miss Chester, a three-act drama, and in 1881 she acted the ]irincipal comedy role in her own play, Uer Wiirlil. Among her works, which number over seventy, are: .!/»/ Own Child: M;/ leister the Actress: "Gup," Hhetche» of Anglo-Indian Life and Character : Petronel; The (Hrls of Fever- sham ; Xelh/Brooke ; Xo Intentions : Siibil's Friend and How f<he Found lliin: Mad Dnmaresr/ : Open Srnamc: Her ll'ord Against a Lie: Facing the Footlights : The IJfe and Letters of Captain Marn/al. In her later years she had an interest in spiritualism, and among her writings dealing with this subject are The Hisen Dead and There Is Xo Death. MARRYAT, Fhederioiv (1702-1S4S). .An F.nglish sailor and novelist, born in London. .luly 10. 17'.)2. (Jn leaving school he entered the navy as midshipman. In 1812 he attained his lieu- tenancy. In 1814 he was fighting on the Ameri- can coast. His health gave way and he went home. He was made commander in 1815. In 1820 he was in the sloop Bearer on the Saint Helena station. After an able service he re- signed in 1830. During his naval career Marryat suved at great iicrsonal risk more than a dozen lives. He was rewarded on this score and elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1819. mainly because he had adapted Popham's signal system to the mercantile marine. He was also decorated by the King of France for "services rendered to science ami navigation." Marcyat wrote easily and made money quickly, but he was somewhat lavish, and toward 1844 was in straitened eir- j euinslances. Ipon the .Admiralty's refusal to let J him reenter the service he burst a blooil vessel, ' and six months later, when almost well, he was nmrtally shocked hy hearing that his son Freder- ick had been lost in the Avenger. He died Au-
