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The improvements made within the laft fifty years have 
entirely altered the face of Hull, particularly the conftruc- 
tion of a dock of fuch extent that eighty ftiips may ride 
in it conveniently and fafely: to complete fo great an un¬ 
dertaking, an aft of parliament was obtained in 1774. By 
an overfight, occaiioned by a combination of caufes, the 
foie property and management of the dock is veiled in an 
incorporated company, wherein the corporation have no 
particular jurifdiftion. The dock is under the care and 
infpeftion of a dock-mailer and other officers. The town 
is regularly built, well paved, and the llreets broad and 
handfome. There are but two churches, Trinity and St. 
Mary’s: the former is very large, in which is a fine altar- 
piece by Parmentier. The town lies very low; and was 
formerly fubjeft to great inundations; but, by proper 
drains, is now rendered dry and healthy. Here is a very 
handfome exchange, where the merchants from foreign 
countries, and others from different parts of the kingdom, 
meet as at London. The town has a fine free-fchool, 
founded by John Alcock biffiop of Worceller, afterwards 
of Ely, who was born at Beverley, but chofe to extend his 
liberalities to this place. Over the fchool is the merchants’- 
hall. Here is likewife a very handfome infirmary, fup- 
ported by voluntary fubfcription. But the Trinity-houfe 
is the principal glory of the town. It is a corporation of 
itfelf, compofed of a fociety of merchants. It was begun 
by voluntary contribution fbr the relief of dillreffed and 
aged feamen, and their wives and widows ; but was after¬ 
wards improved by the government, and incorporated. 
They have a good revenue, which increafes conllantlyby 
charities. They maintain thirty fillers now aftually in the 
houfe, widows of feamen. Hull fends two members to 
parliament. Charles II. in 1667, granted the town two 
marts a-year, viz. July 10, and December 10, and five days 
after each; its other fair is Oftober 10. It has capital 
markets on Tuefdays and Saturdays. 
HULL, a river of England, in the county of York, 
which runs into the Humber at Hull. 
HULL, a town of the American States, in Suffolk coun¬ 
ty, on the fouth fide of Bofton harbour, Maffachufetts. 
HULE'ING,yi The aft of flripping off hulls or hufks. 
HUL'LOCK,yi A fea term; an additional fail to keep 
the ffiip’s head to the fea in a llorm. 
HUL'LY, adj. Siliquofe ; hufky. Ainfuiorth. 
HULS, a town of Germany, on the Lower Rhine, and 
archbiffiopric of Cologn : two miles fouth-eaft of Kempen, 
and thirty-five north-weft of Cologn. 
HUL'SEMANN (John), a learned Lutheran divine, born 
at Effen, in Friefland, in 1602. After palling through dif¬ 
ferent preparatory fchools, he was lent to purfue his aca¬ 
demical ftudies at Roilcck in 1621 ; and in the following 
year was removed to Wittemberg, where he clofely at¬ 
tended the ableii profeflbrs till 1627. The firft public poll 
in- which we find him, is that of the theological chair in 
the univerfity of Wittemberg, which he occupied for fe- 
veral years, with diftinguilhed reputation. In 1645, be 
was placed at the head of the Lutheran doftors who were 
Lent to the celebrated conference at Thorn, called the 
charitable conference, as its objeft was to attempt are-union 
between the Romifti, Lutheran, and Reformed", perfua- 
lions : but which ended, like many fimilar meetings, in 
widening the differences between the parties, inftead of 
terminating them. In 1651, he was nominated provoll, 
and fienior member of the chapter of Naumburg; in 1653 
received into the decemvirate of the academy at Leipfic ; 
and in 1657 made canon of Meifien. His lalt promotion 
was to the luperintendeucy of the churches at Leipfic. 
He died in 1661, when about fifty-nine years of age. His 
principal works are, 1. Collegium publicum An 1 i-papijlicum. 
a. BreviariumTkcologicum. 3. Manuale Cvnfejftonis Augujlana. 
4. CalviniJmus irrtconciliabilis. 5. Methodus Concionandi . 6. 
Be Auxiliis Gratia. 7, Exterfo Breviarii Theologici. 8 . A 
Relation of what took Place in the Conference at Thorn, 
in the German language. ^ 
HUL'SIUS (Anthony), a learned preteftant divine,born 
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in the duchy of Berg in 1615. He purfued his'ftudies at 
Wefel, and afterwards at Deventer, where he diftinguilhed 
himfelf by the extraordinary proficiency which he made 
in oriental literature. For the purpofe of further improve¬ 
ment, he vifited England and France, and made a confi- 
derable flay at Geneva. In 1640 he returned to Holland, 
and four years afterwards was chofen minifter of Breda, 
where he diligently difeharged the duties of the paftoral of¬ 
fice for twenty-five years. In 1669 he was nominated re¬ 
gent of the Flemifti college at Leyden; which fituation 
he retained in conneftion with the profeft'orlhips of di¬ 
vinity and the oriental tongues, to which he was appointed 
in 1676. He died in 1685, in the feventieth year of his 
age. He was the author of three learned works, entitled, 1. 
Thcologia. Judaica, 1653, 4to. 2. Opus Catecheticum didadico- 
polemicum, 1676. 3. Non Ens Pra-adamiticum, 1656, &c. 
HUL'SIUS (Henry), fon of the preceding, born at 
Breda in 1654. He commenced his academical ftudies at 
Duilburg in 1667, and after fix years removed to the uni¬ 
verfity of Marpurg. From Marpurg he went to Leyden, 
and thence to Harderwick, where, in 1679, he was ad¬ 
mitted to the degree of doftor of divinity. In 1681 he 
was appointed profeftor of divinity at Duilburg, and re¬ 
tained that fituation tiil his death in 1723, when about 
the age of fixty-nine. He was the author of, 1. Sulamith , 
1683. 2 . Summa Thcologia, 1689. 3. Dc Principio Credcndi, 
1688. 4. Somnium, 1684. 5. De Vallibus Prophetarum Sacril. 
1693. 6. Jura Wilhelmi III. M. Britan. Regis. 7. Verba 
Ithiel, Vchal, & Lemuel, 1693. 8. Commentarius in Lfraelis 
prifei prarogativas ac Bona, 1713. 9. Caufa Dei, 1717. 10. 
Mclchifcdecus, 1706. n. Various Differtations, &c. 
HUL'SIUS (Levinus), a native of Ghent, and by pro- 
feffion an imperial notary. We have no account of the 
time either of his birth or death, and only learn concern¬ 
ing him, that he refided during the greater part of his 
life at Nuremberg, and acquired confiderable eftimation 
by the following works : 1. Tranfdvania, Moldavia, & IVa- 
lachia, Defcriptio, 1595, 4to. 2. Chronologia Rerum manora- 
bilium in Hungaria, Tranfdvania, &c. Gefarum, ufque ad An¬ 
num 1597; 15 97. 3. Defcriptio ufus Viator is & Iluro/ogii So¬ 
laris. 4. De Ufu Quadrati & Quadrantis Geometrici ac Chro- 
nologici. 5. Injlrumenta Mat/iematica, 410. 6. Emblemata Ani- 
verjaria Academia Altdorfina, 1597, 4to. 7. Duodecim Ccefa- 
rum, at LXIV. ipforum Uxorum ac Parentum Effigies, ex an- 
tiquis numifmatibus JEri incifie, 1596, 4to. 8. Series nu - 
mifmatum Imperatorum Romanorum, a Caio Julio Cafare ad 
Rudolphum II. 1603, 8vo. The two laft-mentioned works 
are exceedingly fcarce. 
HULST, a town of Flanders, the capital of four offices, 
with twelve dependent villages, fituated on a canal, which 
communicates with the Scheld: it is fmall, but ancient, 
and very ftrong, by its fituation among marffies, aijcl its 
fortifications. It was feveral times taken and retaken by 
the Dutch and Spaniards, during their wars in the fix- 
teenth century; and finally given up by the latter at the 
peace of Munfter, concluded in 1648. In the year 1702, 
the marquis of Bedmar, commander-general of the Nether¬ 
lands, in the abfence of the eleftor of Bavaria, refolved to 
attack it, and gave the command to M. de Vauban, lieu¬ 
tenant-general, and afterwards marefchal of France: but 
the Hates, having received advice of the expedition, fent 
in a number ot troops, and ordered the country to be laid 
under water; which, with the gallant conduft cf the go¬ 
vernor, major-general Deijem, obliged the marquis to retire 
with the lofs of a thoufand men. In 1747, it was taken 
by the French, under the command of comte Lowendalil, 
being lhamefully given up by la Roque, the Dutch go¬ 
vernor, though lie knew that a reinforcement of nine bat¬ 
talions was coming to his relief: fixteen miles weft of 
Antwerp, ahd fixteen north-north-eaft of Ghent. Lat. 
51.15. N. Ion. 2i. 34. E. Ferro. 
KUL'TROP, a town of Germany, on the Lower Rhine, 
and kingdom of Weltplialia : fix miles north-north-eaft of 
Weis. 
HULT'-SCHIN, a town of Silefia, in the principality of 
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