51 



replied to the strictures of Mr. Dikes ; and, in 

 1820, he again appeared before the world as the 

 author of a pamphlet entitled " An Inquiry into the 

 " causes of the present high price of Gold Bul- 

 " lion in England." He afterwards addressed a 

 letter, dated December 20, 1811, to the Rev. 

 Richard Patrick, on the subject of his Chart of 

 Ten Numerals in two hundred Tongues, which 

 was printed by that gentleman as an Appendix 

 to his volume already mentioned, containing his 

 Chart and descriptive Essay ; and his last 

 appearance, as an author, was in " A Letter/' 

 dated November 1st, 1818, addressed " to the 

 " Merchants, Ship-owners, and other Inhabi- 

 " tants of the port of Hull, on the subject of a 

 " Junction Dock." Mr. Hill departed this life on 

 the 23rd day of May, 1820, at the age of forty- 

 two years. 



The Rev. WILLIAM SEVERN was a native of 

 Leicestershire. At the age of nineteen years he 

 appeared as a preacher among the Methodists, 

 and was on terms of close intimacy with the cele- 

 brated leader of that sect. He afterwards became 

 an Independent, and ultimately embraced Unit- 

 arianism, the doctrines of which he maintained 

 until his death. After having been settled in this 

 town seven years, he died here on the 22nd day 

 of June, 1813, in the fifty -ninth year of his age. 

 In the year 1808, during his residence in Hull, 



