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" to which is prefixed, a Sketch of the rise and 

 " progress of Musical Festivals in Great Britain, 

 " with biographical and historical notes ;" in 

 quarto, printed at York, in 1825. 



As an able mathematician, I may mention the 

 name of Mr. WILLIAM WISEMAN, a native of Hull, 

 and gauger of His Majesty's Customs at this 

 port. He is well known as a constant contributor 

 to the Ladies' Diary. In 1821, he published 

 " A Treatise on Cask Gauging, or Cask Gauging 

 " as practised on the Legal Quays in Great Bri- 

 " tain :" of this useful and scientific work, a second 

 edition, adapted to the new Measures, is in pre- 

 paration. In the volume of the Quarterly Jour- 

 nal of Science, Literature and Art, from July to 

 December, 1827,* is inserted our author's " Rule 

 " for the correction of a Lunar Observation," 

 which has procured him the honor of having his 

 name recorded by Dr. Pearson, in his list of 

 those who have contributed to the means of 

 ascertaining the longitude. f 



The Rev.GEORGE KING, M. A., Rector of Whit- 

 well, in Derbyshire, and son of the late Mr. Ro- 

 bert King, a merchant of this town, was born in 

 the parish of Holy-Trinity. He was wholly 

 educated at the Grammar School, under the late 

 Rev. Joseph Milner, and proceeded thence imme- 



* P. 135. 



f " Introduction to Practical Astronomy/' vol. 2, p, 619. 



