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* HTJXiL. 302 HULL. market hall; there are statues of William III., erwted 1734, and of Bishop Wilhcrforce, who was bom at Hull. The ehief edu<'alional cstab- Jislmii'iils are the graimnar schiiol, founded in 1486; the Trinity llouse nautical scliool, ITKi; C'ogan's charity school for f:irls, 17tJ3; the Hull and Ivast Hidinj; Colle'.'e. the Hoyal Institution, the literary and philosophical inslilutc, me- chanics' institute, technical school, and school of art. There are numerous charitable endow- ments. The municipality possesses property worth .*.">.00.000, which exceeds the ratable value of the town. It owns the markets, tram- ways, electric lightinfr, a profitable watcr-.sup- ]ily from springs, and maintains parks, free libraries, pul)lic liaths and wash-houses, lire bri- gade, crematorium, sanitarium, cemeteries, ref- use destructor, and disinfector. Hull is the third port of importance in the kin-rdiim, and has an extensive coasting, fishinft. and foreign trade. It has regular communica- tion with (Jermany, Kussia, Holland, lielgium, Scandinavia. Denmark, the United States. India, and .u.stralia, and is the seat of a United States consul. It exports the woolen and cotton goods of the midland counties, coal. oil. machinery, and mill work, and imports cattle, grain, timber, wool. flax. hemp, tallow, pitch, etc. It has capacious docks covering '200 acres; its shipping comprises 235 sailing and G32 steam vessels, with a total of over 228.400 tons, and a fishing fleet of .500 boats. An average of COOO vessels enter, and clear a gross tonnage of 0.100,000 annually. The average annial value of its exports during tlic live vears ending in 1000 was .$100,000,000, and of it's imports. .'?li;0,000.000. Oil-mills, iron ship-building yards, engineering-works, foundries, rope and sail making, tanneries, breweries, chem- ical and color works, and the many industries of a large seaport, afford employment to thousands of workmen. The town is governed by a mayor, 14 aldermen, 42 councilmen, a recorder, and a sherifT. It sends three members to rarliamcnt. Originally consisting of Jlyton and Wyke. two villages, as Myton-Wvke, it developed into an important port shortly after the Conquest. In 1208, struck with its advantages as a port, Edward I. pur- chased it, renamed it Kingstoii-upon-HuU, and gave it the charter of a free borough. Its fisheries and trade prospered under the enter- prise of its mercliant princes, the De la Poles, and in 1339 it supplie<l Edward III. with 16 ships and 466 seamen for his nrmoment against Erance. In 1.588 it furnished Elizabeth with ffiOO and 800 men against the Spanish Armada. It adhered to the Parliamentary cause during the Civil Wars, and the Governor, refusing to admit King Charles, precipitated hnstilities: it suc- cessfully resisted two long sieges by the Royal- i^-ts. In 1.534 it was made the seat of a suffragan liishop. and again in 1891. After the fifteenth century its commercial importance increased vith its imports of fisli from Iceland; it was one of the first ports to engage in, and until late in the nineteenth century was the head(iuarters of the whale fisherv. Population, in 1801.29.500; in 1851. 34,700; in 1891, 200.500: in 1901. 240.000. The annual death-rate averages 19.6 per 1000. Consult: Svmons. nuUiyiia, or Seleciion.i from Local IJisfnry (Hull. 1872); Sheahan, History of TIull (Beverlev. 1864); Freeman, English Totcus (London. 1883). HULL, Chables IIenby ( 1864— ) . An Ameri- can scholar, born at Ithaca, N. V. He graduated at Cornell University in 1880, and then stuilied at the universities ol tJiittingen. Halle, and Her- lin. He was apjiointed assistant professor of political economy at Cornell, and in 1901 pro- fessor of American history. He edited The Economic Wrilinys of Sir ^Villiam Petty, which was brought out by the University Press at Cam- bridge, England. HULL, Isaac (1773-1843). An American naval ollieer. He was born at Derby, Conn., be- came a cabin boy on a merchant vessel at the age of fourteen, soon showed great a|)titude for the handling of a ship, and before he was twenty- one was placed in command of a merchantman. In 1798 lie entered the United Stat.es Navy as lieutenant, si-iving for several years on the Con- stitution, and becoming first lieutenant in 1801; and, after distinguisliing himseli against the French at Port Plate, Haiti, participated, as commander of the .tr^ii.s-, in the war with Tripoli. He became captain in 1800, and at the opening of the ar of 1812 was in command of the Con- stitution. While on his way from Annapolis to New York in .luly, 1812. he escaped by masterly seamanship from a ISritish squadron of five strong men-of-war. which pursued him for three days. On August 19th he fought his cclclirateil engagement with the Guerricrc, a slightly weaker British frigate, which after a brief conflict was forced to surrender. (See Constititio.v, The.) In this battle his seamanship is pronounced by naval critics to have been almost perfect. The victory was the first obtained by the Americans over the British in this war, and aroused the greatest enthusiasm throughout the I'niled States. Subsequently he was a member of the Naval Board, was at the head of the Boston and New York navy yards, and as commodore, was in command for a time of squadrons in the Pacific and the Mediterranean. He is regarded by naval critics as the ablest single-.ship com- mander on either side during the War of 1812. HULL, William (17531825). An American soldier. He was born in Derby, Conn., graduated at Y'ale in 1772, studied law at Litchfield. Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1775. In -Tuly, 1775. soon after the outbreak of the Revolution- ary War. he entered the American Army as a cap- tain, and served thereafter until the close of the war. taking part in the battles of Trenton. Prince- ton. Saratoga, and Monmouth, leading a column in the assault on Stony Point, and rising (August, 1779) to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the war he removed to Newton. Mass., became major-general of Massachusetts militia, and was elected to the State Senate. In 1805 he was ap- pointed, by President .Tetferson. to the Governor- ship of the Territory of Aliehigan. which position he held until 1812. when be was r:iiscd to the rank of brigadier-general and placed in coinniand of the Northwestern Army. He joined his troops at Dayton on May 25th. and led them through the wilderness to Detroit, where he arrived on ,lulv 5tli. bavins heard three days before of the declaration of war against England. On the 12th he took the offensive and crossed over to Sand- wich. Canada, but wasted time in issuing futile proclamations, and. soon becoming alarmed, re- crossed to Detroit. On August 16, 1812. intimi- dated by the aggressive movements of the British