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lished "A Letter to Daniel Sykes, Esq., A.M., 

 " Barrister at Law, respecting the Proceedings at 

 " a Meeting of the Subscribers to the Hull Sub- 

 " scription-Library, in January, 1812," for circu- 

 lation among the subscribers to that institution 

 only ; and he has recently brought out a Col- 

 lection of Essays and Poems, entitled " Miscel- 

 " lanies, in prose and verse ; consisting of the 

 " Inspector, a periodical paper, and Poems, 

 " chiefly published in the Hull Advertiser." 

 This collection, which includes the Infidel and 

 Christian Philosophers, was printed last year, 

 in a handsome octavo volume, containing 360 

 pages. 



Among those who, during a temporary resi- 

 dence here, have added their names to the list of 

 Hull authors, I may mention JAMES KENNEDY, 

 Esq., LL.B., who was born on the 15th July, 

 1798, at Fort Victoria, in India, of which place 

 his father, General Kennedy, C. B., had, at that 

 time, the command. Immediately after being 

 called to the Bar, in June, 1821, Mr. Kennedy 

 selected this town, where he had received his 

 early education, as his place of residence : he 

 remained here nearly four years, during which 

 time he published, in 1823, " An Address to the 

 " Inhabitants of Hull and the neighbourhood, on 

 " the formation of the Hull and East-riding 

 " Association for the mitigation and gradual 



