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[->] The Subscribers and Public in general are respectfully informed,
that JOHN BULL, late Editor and Publisher of this MAGAZINE, has disposed
of the establishment to Mr. THOMAS BURLING, Jun. from the 1st day of
January, 1797. In committing this publication to other hands J. Bull
feels assured, that the talents which are in future to be employed in
conducting it, are such as cannot fail to afford the fullest
satisfaction to its patrons, and must ensure an accession of that
celebrity which it has hitherto enjoyed.
At the moment of relinquishing so arduous a task, the grateful
recollection of the steady support and kindnesses of my numerous friends
in this undertaking, demand the warmest thanks. To those who have
favoured me with the productions of their pens, I beg leave to recommend
my successor; and to entreat for him a continuance of that friendship,
the remembrance of which can never be effaced from my mind.
In order fully to close the Accounts to this period, I must intreat,
that the bills for the small arrearages due to the 1st of January, 1797,
may be punctually honoured--each distinct sum is but trifling, while the
aggregate amounts to some hundred pounds; an exact compliance will add
to the obligations already heaped on
The Public’s obliged,
Humble Servant,