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Mr. THOMAS BRIDGES, who is described by Ba- 

 ker, in his "Biographia Dramatica," as " a native 

 " of Yorkshire, and at one period a wine-mer- 

 " chant in Hull/' was a brother of the late Dr. 

 Bridges, an eminent physician in this town ; he 

 was also a partner in the well-known but unfor- 

 tunate firm of Sill, Bridges, and Blunt, bankers 

 here, who failed in January, 1759. Mr. Bridges 

 was the author of a humorous Travestie of 

 Homer, in two Volumes, 12mo. under the fa- 

 cetious title of " A new translation of Homer's 

 " Iliad, adapted to the capacity of honest English 

 " Roast Beef and Pudding Eaters ; by Caustic 

 "Barebones, a broken apothecary." The first 

 volume, which appeared in 1762, professes to 

 give some small account of the author, under his 

 pseudo title of Barebones.* He also wrote an 

 entertaining novel, entitled " The Adventures of a 

 " Bank Note ;" besides a comic opera, called 

 " Dido;" and a musical entertainment, called 

 "The Dutchman." 



The only authority which I find for assigning 

 a place in my list to Mr. ROBERT WADDINGTON, 

 as a resident at one time in this town, and as an 

 author during that period, is a short communica- 

 tion made by him, in December, 1760, to the 

 Gentleman's Magazine, " On the Tides and the 

 " variation of the Magnetic Needle as observed 



See Monthly Review, vol. 26, p. 454. 



