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he published his " Vindication of the Unitarians ; 

 " or Remarks on Mr. Hill's Vindication of the 

 " Methodists ;" and, in the following year, he 

 preached a Sermon, which was afterwards printed 

 under the title of" Diversity of Sects and opinions 

 " no valid objection to the truth and importance 

 " of the Christian Religion." 



Mr. RICHARD GARLAND, who, for twenty -five 

 years, pursued the profession of the law, in this 

 town, as a respectable solicitor, was a native of 

 the city of York. Previously to coming to 

 Hull in 1802, he resided at Barnard Castle, 

 where he published, anonymously, one or two 

 Brochures, wherein he suggested a variety of 

 improvements, of which that town and its imme- 

 diate vicinity were capable, and of which many 

 were subsequently adopted by its inhabitants. 

 During his residence at Barnard Castle, he 

 communicated to the York Herald several letters 

 on the picturesque Beauties of Teesdale, which 

 were afterwards collected and printed, in a 

 small volume under the title of a " Tour in Tees* 

 " dale, and its environs ;" a second edition 

 of this descriptive Guide was published at 

 York, in 1813, when Mr. Garland also brought 

 out his translation from the French of " Skiol- 

 " debrand's Picturesque Journey to the North 

 " Cape." His last literary productions were a 

 translation, from the French, of " Dellon's ac- 



