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cutta, the Editor of the work. Of the tracts, 

 before referred to, one is entitled " The Law 

 " respecting Horses ;" and the other " The Ana- 

 " lysis of the Law on the abandonment of Ships 

 "and Freight:" of these the former appeared in 

 1794, and the latter in 1801. They were both 

 printed here, as well as a little pamphlet, by the 

 same author, published in 1813, under the fol- 

 lowing title ; " A brief Address respecting the 

 " late public Events, and the intended consequent 

 " Rejoicing at Hull, wherein it is shewn that 

 " there is no rational objection to the mode which 

 "is about to be adopted."* Mr. Stovin died at 

 the age of sixty-one years, on the llth day of 

 April, 1828. 



The late THOMAS THOMPSON, Esq., F.S.A., was 

 intimately known to many, and highly respected 

 by all, among us; it is therefore unnecessary for 

 me to pronounce any formal eulogy of his talents 

 and virtues. The following facts concerning him 

 may not, however, be so generally known. He 

 was born at Owbrough, in the parish of Swine, 

 and was, for some years, a clerk with Messrs. 

 Wilberforce and Smiths, considerable Baltic mer- 

 chants in this town ; he afterwards became a 

 partner in the Banking-House of Messrs. Abel 

 Smith and Sons, which then changed its firm for 



* For an account of the rejoicings alluded to, see the Hull Advertiser 

 for December 18th, 1813. 



