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HULL HUMBOLDT day she was discovered to be in a sinking con- dition, and after the removal of the prisoners she was set on fire and soon afterward blew up. The Constitution suffered somewhat aloft in this action, though but little in her hull. Her loss in killed and wounded was 14, and that of the Guerriere 79. The Constitution was the larger and heavier ship, mounting 54 guns, long 24s and 32-pounder carronades, the Guer- riere mounting 49 guns, long 18s and 32-pound- er carronades. As this was th e first naval action of the war, it was regarded as very important. Capt. Hull carried his prisoners into Boston, where he was enthusiastically received. Con- gress at its next session presented a gold medal to him, and silver ones to each commissioned officer under his command in this engagement. After the war his principal services were in command of the navy yards at Boston and Washington, of the squadrons in the Pacific and Mediterranean, and in the board of navy commissioners. HELL, William, an American soldier, born in Derby, Conn., June 24, 1753, died in Newton, Mass., Nov. 29, 1825. He graduated at Yale college in 1772, studied law at Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1775. He entered the army of the revolution at Cam- bridge in 1775 as captain of a Connecticut com- pany of volunteers ; was made major in the 8th Massachusetts regiment in 1777, and lieu- tenant colonel in 1779, and was inspector of the army under Baron Steuben. He was in the battles at White Plains, Trenton, Prince- ton, Stillwater, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stony Point. He commanded the expedition against Morrisania, for which he received the thanks of Washington and of congress. After the war he was major general'of the 3d division of Massachusetts militia, and a state senator, and was appointed by Jefferson governor of Michigan territory in 1805. He remained in this office till 1812, when he was appointed as brigadier general to the command of the north- western army. He marched his troops through the wilderness to Detroit, heard of the decla- ration of war, and of the fall of Michilimack- inac, which let loose the Indians of the north- west upon him, crossed into Canada, but found his communications cut off, recrossed, and on the arrival of Gen. Brock surrendered to that officer the post of Detroit and the territory. For this act he was tried two years after by a court martial, and sentenced to be shot. The execution of the sentence was remitted by the president in consideration of his age and revo- lutionary services. In 1824 Gen. Hull pub- lished a series of letters in defence of his con- duct in this campaign. In 1848 a volume was published in New York on his revolutionary services and the campaign of 1812, written by his daughter, Mrs. Maria Campbell of Georgia, and his grandson, the Rev. James F. Clarke of Massachusetts. Ill 1.1,111, John, an English composer and teacher of music, born in Worcester in 1812. His comic opera "The Village Coquettes," written in conjunction with Dickens, and pro- duced in 1836, first made him known to the public. After the production of two other operas, he turned his attention about 1838 to the establishment in England of popular sing- ing schools, similar to those which had proved so successful in Paris. In 1847 a spacious music hall was erected in London for his con- certs, which was burned down in I860. He is professor of vocal music and harmony in King's, Queen's, and Bedford colleges, London, organ- ist of the Charterhouse, conductor of the or- chestra and chorus in the royal academy of music, and musical inspector for the United Kingdom. He is the author of numerous works, essays, and lectures on the science and history of music. Ill Ll'sctl. Friedrieh Otto, a German philologist, born in Dresden, July 22, 1833. He became a teacher at Leipsic in 1857, subsequently at Zwickau, and afterward at Dresden, where in 1868 he became rector of the Krenzschule. His principal works are Oriechiache -and ro- mische Metrologie (Berlin, 1862), and editions of the ScriptoregMetroloffiei(Leipsc, 1864-' 6), of Heron's Geometrici et Stereometrici (Berlin, 1864), of Censorinus De Die Natali (Leipsic, 1867), and of the " Histories " of Polybius (Berlin, 1867-'72). IiniliKK, a river or estuary of England, sep- arating the counties of York and Lincoln. It is principally formed by the junction of the Ouse and the Trent. Its course is nearly E. as far as Hull, and S. E. thence to where it falls into the North sea. It is about 40 m. in length, and varies in breadth from 2 to 7 m. The chief towns on its banks are Hull, Goole, and Great Grimsby. By means of its numerous tributaries it drains an area of 10,000 sq. m. It is navigable for the largest ships to Hull, 20 m. from the sea, and throughout for vessels of considerable burden. liniBOLDT. I. A N. W. central county of Iowa, intersected by the Des Moines river and its W. branch ; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 2,596. It has an undulating surface and a fer- tile soil. There are quarries of good building stone. The chief productions in 1870 were 59,101 bushels of wheat, 107,950 of Indian corn, 60,316 of oats, 12,416 of potatoes, 83,985 Ibs. of butter, and 9,133 tons of hay. There were 999 horses, 1,021 milch cows, 1,614 other cattle, and 1,393 swine ; 1 saw mill, and 2 flour mills. Capital, Dakota City. II. A N. W. county of California, bordering on the Pacific, and drained by Eel, Mad, and Bear rivers, and other streams; area, 2,800 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 6,140. Humboldt bay lies near the N. W. corner, and Cape Mendocino, the westernmost point of the state, projects into the Pacific near the centre of the coast line. The surface is mountainous, and mostly cov- ered with forests of redwood, pine, spruce, &c., which attain an enormous size. The bottom lands are fertile, but lumber is the chief source