present period, which I have no doubt will fully 

 justify the favourable opinion, long since formed 

 by his fellow-townsmen, of his talents and 

 research. 



I may here introduce the name of Mr. GEORGE 

 HUNSLEY FIELDING, an active member of our 

 Society, who has placed himself on the list of 

 authors, by the publication, in 1828, of his " Ob- 

 " servations on the Human Structure; being the 

 " substance of a Lecture delivered to the Literary 

 " and Philosophical Society at Hull. 



As an honorary member of this institution, 

 and also a native of Hull, I may next mention 

 GEORGE PRYME, of Cambridge, Esq., M.A., and 

 late Fellow of Trinity College ; he is the son of 

 the late Christopher Pryme, Esq., and grandson 

 of Francis Pryme, Esq., an alderman and twice 

 mayor of this town.* Mr. Pryme received his 

 early education at the Grammar School, under 

 Mr. Milner, and distinguished himself at Cam- 



* An authentic account of the ancient family of De la Pryme is given 

 in a supplement to the " Topographical History and Description of Baw- 

 "try and Thome," by W. Peck (p. 91*). The Rev. Abraham de la 

 Pryme, M.A.,F.R.S., whose numerous MSS. have established his reputation 

 as an indefatigable Historian and Antiquary, filled the office of Divinity 

 Reader in the Church of Holy-Trinity, between September, 1698, and the 

 close of the year 1701. During his residence here, he arranged the va- 

 rious Records of the Corporation, and reduced their contents into the 

 shape of an Analytical Index : from these documents he derived the 

 valuable information dispersed through his numerous MS. volumes, which 

 have furnished to Gent, Hadley, and Tickell, the foundation of their 

 Histories of the Town. 



