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" Alexis." Mr. Browne obtained Holy Orders 

 soon after he came to Hull, but he died shortly 

 afterwards on the 8th day of January, 1798, in 

 the 26th year of his age. His " Poems on 

 " several occasions/' containing some excellent 

 specimens of the Yorkshire dialect, were pub- 

 lished, with a memoir of the author's life, by 

 Mr. John Merritt, of Liverpool, who, previously 

 to Mr. Browne's becoming the Editor of the Hull 

 Advertiser, had himself acted in that situation. 

 The late Mr. JOHN HILL was born at Aukbo- 

 rough, in Lincolnshire, and was educated at a 

 school in Barton-upon-Humber. At the age of 

 fourteen years, he was placed in a counting-house 

 in this town, where he afterwards carried on 

 an extensive business as a general merchant. 

 Among his townsmen he acquired respect from 

 the mildness of his manners and the benevolence 

 of his character ; while in popular meetings and 

 assemblies he gained attention from his singular 

 readiness and fluency of expression. His works 

 were chiefly of a controversial nature, com- 

 mencing with a "Vindication of the Wesleyan 

 " Methodists against the Annual Review/' which 

 was published at Hull, in 1806. In the follow- 

 ing year he published " Reflections on the late 

 " proceedings and discussions concerning the 

 " Roman Catholics," which was attacked in a 

 pamphlet by the Rev. Thomas Dikes. Mr. Hill 



