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have already brought before you, of meritorious 

 men as authors, must, while it flatters our local 



tunity of contrasting the language of adulation of the fair sex, in those 

 times, with that of their eulogy at the present tlay. To the list of 

 living Authors may be added the names of Mr. THOMAS WALKER, 

 who, for about eight years, pursued his profession of a portrait 

 painter, in this town, and who, during that time, published, in 1810, an 

 ingenious " Treatise on the Art of Flying, by mechanical means, &c. ;" 

 Mr. HUGH-KER FOSTER, a native of Hull, and the author of a small 

 volume, published anonymously, in 1828, under the title of " Parnassian 

 "Leaves; containing Hal Dcnys* Wanderings, and other Poems;" 

 Mr. WILLIAM WOOLLET, also a native, who has entitled himself to the 

 thanks of his fellow-townsmen, for having carefully brought together, 

 in one octavo volume, (printed in 1830) "A Collection of Statutes 

 " relating to the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, the County of the same 

 " Town, and the Parish of Sculcoates, in the county of York ;" the 

 Rev. JOHN MORLEY, the author of several Sermons, printed here ; the 

 Rev. SAMUEL LANE, the author of "The Ambassador of Peace, from 

 " the Prince of Life to Zion's Citizens ; containing the Life and 

 " Experience of the Author, as a Christian ; his call to the Ministry, &e." 

 and of other religious works ; Mr. JOHN JACKSON, who printed in 1829, 

 " A Treatise on the capability of our Eastern Possessions to produce those 

 " Articles of Consumption, and Raw Material for British Manufacture, 

 " for which we chiefly depend on foreign nations ; and the incalculable 

 " advantages of a Free Trade to and Settlement in India, to all classes of 

 " His Majesty's subjects:" and Mr. JAMES FORNERI, a native of Italy, 

 who has, for the last six years, taught the languages of his own country 

 and of France, in this town, and who, in addition to some poetical effusions, 

 in Italian, previously printed here, has recently published two political 

 pamphlets, one entitled " Remarques surl'Italie,'' and the other " Strenna 

 " e capo d'anno al popolo Italiano DIALOOO POLITICO su 1'Italia, tra 

 " Pasquino e Marforio. Roma Gen. 1831." The printing of the above 

 Address calls upon its author to advert in this note to the literary labours 

 of some of the members of the Society, before which it was read. The 

 Gentleman's Magazine (vol. 95, part 1 , p. 395), and Loudon's Magazine of 

 Natural History (vol. 3, pp. 147, 148,187, 194, and 195) contain communi- 

 cations from an active member, THOMAS THOMPSON, Esq., the present Pre- 

 sident of the Hull Subscription Library, and a brother of the late 

 Benjamin Thompson, Esq. ; and the latter work, (vol. 3, p. 239) as 

 well as other periodicals, has received contributions, at different times, 

 from the Curator of the Institution, WILLIAM.HEY DIKES, Esq. ,agentleman 

 whose unremitting endeavours to promote the progress of Science, and 

 the cultivation of the Fine Arts, merit the warmest praise and gratitude, 



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