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ANNUAL REPORT

Foil

MDCCCLVn.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COUNCIL

or THE

YORKSHIRE

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

FOR

MDCCCLVIL

PEESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING,

FEBRUARY, 1858.

YORK:

H, SOTHERAN, BOOKSELLER, CONEYSTEEET.

1858.

TRUSTEES

OP

THE YORKSHIRE MUSEUM,

I

APPOINTED BY ROYAL GRANT.

THOMAS PHILIP, EARL HE GREY.

HON. AND VERY REV. HENRY HOWARD, D. D.
SIR WILLIAM LAWSON, BART., F. S. A.
ROBERT DENISON, ESQ.

REV. WILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT, F. R. S.

PATRONESSES

OF THE

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

PATRONS.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, F. R. S.
EARL OF CARLISLE, F. R. S.

LORD FEVERSHAM.

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1858.

PRESIDENT :

The Earl of Carlisle, K. G., F. R. S.

VICE-PRESIDENTS :

Lord Londesborough, F. R. S.
Rev. C. Wellbeloyed.

Wm. Rudston Read, F. L. S.
John Phillips, F. R. S.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F. R. S.
Chas. W. Strickland.

Rev. Canon Hey.

William Procter.

TREASURER :

William Gray, F. G. S

COUNCIL :

Elected 1856. . . .James Meek, Junior.

G. F. Jones.

G. H. Seymour.

Elected 1857. . . .Robert Davies, F. S. A.

John Ford.

Rev. Henry Short.
Edwd. Swaine.

Geo. Wilson.

Elected 1858. , . .Rev. Isaac Spencer.

J. P. Pritchett.

S. W. North.

T. S. Noble.

6

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

SECRETARIES :

Rev. J. Kenrick, F. S. A.
Thos. Allis, F. L. S.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY:*

Edw. Charlesworth, F. G. S.

CURATORS :

Mineralogy .

Comparative Anatomy . .

British Ornithology . .

Insects and Crustacea . .

Antiquarian Department .

Library .

Observatory & Meteorology,
under the Care of a Committee
consisting of .

William Procter.

Thos. Allis, F. L. S.

W. Rudston Read, F. L. S.
Rev. Canon Hey.

Rev. Charles Wellbeloved.
Rev. John Kenrick, F. S. A.
Rev. Thomas Bayly.

The Rev. W. V. Harcourt,

F. R. S.

T. S. Noble.

Wm. Gray, F. G. S.

John Ford.

^Rev. Canon Hey.

KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM :

Edward Charlesworth.

SUBCURATOR OF THE MUSEUM & GARDENS :

Henry Baines.

* Mr. Charlesworth has resigned his offices of Assistant Secretary and Keeper

of the Museum.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL

OF THE

YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCETY,

Feb. 2, 1858.

The Keport for the year 1857, which the Council now
present to the Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society,
will show that during t^ie past year, the objects for the
jiromotion of which the Society was instituted have been
steadily pursued. Additions of great permanent value and
extent have been made to its Collections, and the number of its
Members has been considerably increased.

At the Monthly Meeting in April last, Mr. Allis, the
Curator of Comparative Anatomy, called the attention of the
members to the recent discovery of a very remarkable specimen
of the Ichthyosaurus Platyodon in the lias of Whitby, and
urged that it should not be allowed to go out of the County of
York, or pass into any private collection, hut he secured for the
Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. This sugges¬
tion having been enforced by Professor Phillips, a subscription
was begun for its purchase ; hut its prosecution was rendered
unnecessary by the liberality of the Rev. Danson Richardson
Roundell, who presented the Society with £110, the price
ultimately fixed by the discoverers. The Keeper of the
Museum, Mr. Charlesworth, who had exerted himself greatly
in procuring this specimen for the Society, and had taken on

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REPORT OF THE

himself the risk of the purchase, states in his Report, that it
is not only the largest known example of the genus, hut that
the species is so rare that he knows only of one other specimen,
which is to be found in the British Museum ; which, however,
is one-third less in size, and by no means so complete, as that
now in the possession of the Society.

Our collection of Yorkshire fossils has also been enriched
through purchases made by funds voted by the Committee of
the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Club. They include many speci¬
mens of high scientific interest, and one especially, which
determines a Whitby fossil, the nature of which has been
hitherto problematical, to he an appendage to the vertebral
column of an enormous osseous fish. A slab of mountain
limestone from Richmond, covered with the beautiful new
encrinites (Woodocrinus of De Koninck), has been added to
the colleciion by an exchange with Mr. Wood.

In the department of recent natural history the most valuable
addition received during the year is a specimen of the rare and
beautiful Opah or King-fish (Lampris guttata), taken at Redcar
and purchased from C. Oxley, Esq. Lieut. Cholmeley has
presented a valuable collection of shells, dredged by himself,
principally at Ports Philip and Jackson. P. Hague, Esq.,
has given several valves of a species of river Mussel (Unio)
illustrating a secret possessed by the Chinese of stimulating the
animal to deposit shelly matter upon extraneous bodies, artifi¬
cially inserted within the shell, and thus forming pearls of a
coarse quality in any required number.

During 1857 the whole of the interior of the cases in the
Geological room has been repainted, and a large proportion of
the specimens washed, to clear them from the dust, which had
greatly obscured the beauty of some of them, especially those
from the Malton Oolites. An arrangement made with the
Rev. P. P. Carpenter, of Warrington, to print labels in
exchange for duplicate specimens, has been so far carried out,
that labels for the whole of the plants of the Coal Measures
and Yorkshire Oolites have been supplied to us. They are not
limited to the species in possession of the Society, hut embrace
all yet published as British. Every label combines wdtli the

COUNCIL FOR 1857.

9

name a reference to a standard work, in which the species is
figured and described ; a plan which is carried out in labelling
our Marine shells, and if generally adopted, would be of the
greatest assistance to those who consult a public collection for
the purpose of scientific study.

In accordance with the wishes of many members of the
Society, the Council have constructed a Marine Aquarium,
which is placed near one of the hothouses, and furnished it
with a variety of zoophytes, Crustacea and fishes. Considerable
difficulty was experienced at first in keeping the water in a
proper state of purity ; hut by the exertions of Mr. Pumphrey
and Mr. Baines this difficulty has been overcome. At the
present moment the IMarine Aquarium is an object of especial
attraction to all who take an interest in Natural History,
whether they are satisfied to admire the beauty of colour and
form which many of these productions of nature exhibit, or
desire to study the structure and functions by which they are
adapted to their peculiar conditions of life.

No additions of importance have been made to the Collec¬
tion OF Antiquities during the past year. Such as have
been received will be found noticed in the List of Donations.
The design of erecting a building for the reception of the Boman
pavement, alluded to in the last Report, was subsequently laid
aside, and a new arrangement made of the upper room of the
Hospitium. By this means space has been gained for laying
down and displaying to advantage the remarkable pavement
brought from Oulston ; the appearance of the whole apartment
has been improved, and room has been provided for future
additions. At the same time all the cases have been cleaned
and some repainted. The expense of these alterations and of
laying down the pavement has been great ; but considerably less
than the erection of a new building would have cost. The
Council avail themselves of this opportunity of acknowledging
their obligations to Mr. Fowler Jones for the liberal manner in
wdiich he has given his professional assistance in carrying out
these changes. The second edition of the Descriptive Catalogue
of the Antiquities being exhausted, another is about to be
printed, adapted to the new arrangement of the room.

10

REPORT OF THE

The objects of Antiquity and Mediaeval Art, selected by the
Commissioners from the Art-Treasures Exhibition at Man¬
chester, were sent in the Spring and have since been returned
without loss or injury.

The Library has received from Lord Londeshorough the
two concluding Nos. of his Miscellanea Graphica, and from
various Societies copies of their Proceedings and Transactions.
Among these is to he mentioned, for the first time, the
Smithsonian Institution, at Washington. This Institution,
founded by an Englishman for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge, and endowed by him with half a million of dollars,
embraces every branch of Science, and its Reports not only
contain information respecting the Natural History and Anti¬
quities of America, but take a survey of the progress of
scientific discovery in all parts of the world.

The Council have also subscribed for the Crania Britannica,
published by Mr. J. B. Davies, and Dr. Thurnam, formerly
Medical Superintendent of the Retreat near this city. This
work is intended to elucidate the Ethnology of Britain by
drawings and measurements of skulls, found in ancient tumuli
and sepulchres, and to illustrate them by an antiquarian com¬
mentary. The subjects engraved and illustrated have been
in part derived from Roman York, or from barrows in York¬
shire which have been opened by members of this Society, and
the contents of which are deposited in our Museum.

The numerous demands made in the past year upon the
Funds of the Society have prevented the printing of the
Catalogue, which has been prepared for some time, but it is
the intention of the Council immediately to proceed with it.

The Mineralogical Collection has not been augmented
this year by any considerable donations or purchases, but its
utility has been much increased by the labelling of the
specimens, a work which previously had been imperfectly
performed.

According to the Report of the Curator of Meteorological
Instruments, the temperature of the year 1857 was 1*8° above
the mean of twenty years, and higher than that of any year
since 1846, of which year the mean temperature was 50". In

COUNCIL FOR 1857.

il

the year 1857 eight months out of the twelve were above a
mean. January, February, April and May were below. March,
June and July were less than one degree above a mean. The
excess in August was September 1*4°, October

November 8*6% and December S’S*". The highest temperature
was on the 28th of June, 83*5% and the lowest, on the 1st of
February, 17°.

Five months of the year had a fall of rain below the mean of
twenty years, viz., February, May, October, November, and
December. The remaining months exceeded the mean. The
greatest departure from an average fall was in August, when
the quantity was 6*59 inches, the largest amount registered in
this month during the last twenty-five years. The total for the
year, 26’44 inches, exceeds a mean by 2T6 inches.

The excess of rain in 1856 and 1857 amounts conjointly to
4*07 inches. This fact seems to show a tendency to a restora¬
tion of equilibrium in the annual fall. In the ten years from
1846 to 1855 inclusive, the mean annual fall was 23*302.
From 1848 to 1857 inclusive, 23*796. In the twenty years
from 1838 to 1857, 24*25.

"Thunder and lightning have been rare during the year.
Two occurrences are noted in July and three in September.
From the 6th of August to the 15th, 6*5 inches of rain fell,
but unaccompanied by the electrical displays which almost
uniformly mark these days at York.

The mean height of the barometrical column for the months
of November and December was remarkably high, 30*06 in the
former month and 30*11 in the latter, accompanied by rain
3*93 inches less than the mean quantity.

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REPORT OF THE

METEOEOLOGICAL EEGISTEE, YOEK, 1857.

BAROMETER.

RAIN.

THERMOMETER.

Frosts.

Prevailing "Wind.

1

Higbest.

Lowest.

Mean.

Inches.

Days.

Average Max.

Average Min.

Mean Temp.

Highest.

Lowest.

Jan.

30-410

28-926

29-692

25-8

10

' 37-9

29-7

33-8

48

17-5

' 21

S. W.

Feb.

30-538

29-452

29-962

0-58

10

'40-7

31-0

35-8

49

17

14

?

Mar.

30-590

28-846

29-771

2-13

16

43-8

35-6

39-7

56

27

10

N. E.

April

30-252

28-936

29-690

2-75

15

50-1

37-6

43-8

65

28

7

N. E.

May

30-342

29-444

29-742

1-47

10

57-0

43-2

50-1

66-5

32

1

N. E.

June

30-502

29-430

29-933

2-73

10

67-9

49-3

58-6

83-5

37

0

Various.

July

30-362

29-644

29-853

2-96

9

68-2

52-8

■60-5

78

45

0

W.

Aug.

30-383

29-710

29-952

6-59

10

68-0

55-6

61-8

77

55

0

E.

Sep.

30-520

29-500

29-843

2-03

13

62-8

50-4

56-6

70-5

39-5

S. TV.

Oct.

30-340

29-068

29-773

1-19

17

56-3

44-7

50-5

68

33*5

* ^

S. E.

Not.

30-790

29-254

30-064

1-11

16

53-6

46-8

50-2

55-5

23

I 8

S. E.

Dec.

30-714

29-600

30-113

0-32

9

50-5

38-2

44-4

54

25

6

i

S. TV.

26-44

145

48-8

1 67

Important improvements Eave been made in tbe Observa¬
tory. The object glass of tbe Telescope, presented by tbe
Eev. Dr. Pearson, for wbicb tbe Observatory was built, was
found, upon examination, to bave been altered so as to be out of
form, and a new one having been suppbed by tbe liberality of
one of tbe Curators of tbe Observatory, William Gray, Esq.,
it bas been remounted, in a new tube provided witb eye-pieces,
and tbe instrument bas tbus been rendered very perfect. It bas
been tested several times, and clearly shows tbe minute com¬
panion stars to a Ursse Minoris, a Lyree and /3 Orionis, and
other stellar objects usually employed as tests of first-class
instruments ; most of tbe satellites of Saturn bave been clearly
seen ; various double stars appear distinctly defined. Tbe
Observatory has been repaired and painted, and in tbe course

COUNCIL FOR 1857.

13

of tlie last four months several meetings have been held there
for the purpose of exciting an interest in the study of Practical
Astronomy. Mr. Nohle^ from whom this Report of the Ob¬
servatory proceeds, expresses a wish that the number of mem¬
bers attending these meetings should be increased, a wish in
which the Council entirely concur.

From Lady Chatterton, as executrix of her late sister.
Miss Atkinson, has been received a most valuable bequest, the
portrait of her late father, James Atkinson, Esq. Mr. Atkinson
was a surgeon of high professional eminence in this city,
active and liberal in all public undertakings, and one of the
Founders of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. To the
citizens of York, this portrait will have a great additional
interest, from its being the work of their eminent fellow-citizen,
"William Etty, R. A., and an admirable specimen of his skill
in a department of his art, in which his pencil was rarely
employed. The celebrity which Mr. Etty attained as a painter
has shed lustre over his native city ; his simple manners and
amiable temper have endeared his memory to many of our
members who were his private friends ; York was the chosen
retreat of his declining years ; he took a lively interest in the
success of our Society, which early enrolled him among its
Honorary Members ; and his last resting place, selected by
himself, is almost within the walls of our venerable Abbey.
In the new arrangements consequent upon the enlargement of
the Museum the Council hope to find a place for this portrait,
where it may be at once secure from injury, and open to the
view of every Visitor to the Museum. The Meeting will no
doubt cordially join in a vote of thanks to Lady Chatterton for
carrying into effect the wishes of her sister.

It was announced in the last Report that the Council
intended to make an Exhibition of objects of Natural History
and Antiquity, in the Society’s Museum and Grounds, during
the Agricultural Meeting in the month of August. The
weather after the first day was exceedingly unfavourable, and
the pecuniary results consequently much smaller than had been
hoped for, amounting only, after all expenses were paid, to
about £18. It was visited, however, by several thousand

14

REPORT OF THE

persons^ and it has probably been the means of making the
contents of our Museum and the objects of our Society more
extensively known among the inhabitants of the County. The
admission of the public on Whitmonday and Tuesday was
regulated by the Resolution passed at the last Annual Meeting,
a penny being charged for entering the Museum, while admis¬
sion to the Gardens and the Hospitium was free. The object
of the Council in proposing this distinction was completely
answered. Nearly three thousand persons visited the Museum
during the two days, without the inconvenient crowding which
had been experienced in former years. The Council propose
to continue this regulation.

The acquisition of the Whitby Icthyosaurus has led to an
extension of the buildings of the Museum, which has already
advanced so far as to enable the members to judge of its
adaptation to the purposes for which it is designed. The size
and weight of this specimen precluded its being deposited on the
floors of the present building, and if it had been consigned to
the basement story both light and space would have been want¬
ing for its advantageous display. It was determined therefore
to make an appeal to the members of the Society, and to the
County of York generally, for the means of providing room not
only for this but for other additions which may he reasonably
expected. The Council have much pleasure in announcing
that this appeal has been very successful. Of £1000, the
calculated expence of the building and fitting up, £876 has
been already subscribed. The founders of this Society an¬
nounced their intention of establishing a Central Museum for
the county, and gave their new institution the name of the
Yorkshire Philosophical Society. It is gratifying to find by the
liberal contributions of the gentlemen of the county, that it is
still recognized by them in this comprehensive character. In
announcing the success of their appeal, the Council have great
pleasure in acknowledging the zealous exertions of one of their
Vice-Presidents, W. Rudston Read, Esq., which have materially
contributed to this result. They hope that the sum still
required to meet the estimated expence will speedily be raised,
and that they shall be thus enabled to carry out their entire

COUNCIL FOR 1857.

15

design. As the British Association will meet this year in
Leeds^ no doubt many of its members will pay a visit to its
birth-place ; and it is much to be desired that not only our
present collections should be in perfect order, but that the
additional rooms should be so far finished as not to ofiend the
eye by the appearance of incompleteness. The central room is
designed to receive the Ichthyosaurus platyodon and the other
Saurian remains, in which our Museum is so rich ; while the
two smaller apartments and the galleries will afibrd the means
of more conveniently displaying our present specimens and of
receiving the additions of many future years.

The account which has been given of the operations of the
Society during 1857 will show that it has been a year of large
expenditure. The expenses of the alterations in the upper
room of the Hospitium, with the laying down of the pavement ;
of the repairs of the Observatory ; of the construction of the
Aquarium ; and of putting the house at the gate into tenantable
condition, and compensating a former tenant for fiy^tures and
other things, have amounted to upwards of £230. There has
been at the same time the loss of a year’s rent on the house ;
the Exhibition at Manchester has directed the stream of tourists
and excursion trains in that direction, and reduced the receipts
at the gate ; no profit has been received from the Horticultural
Exhibition, nor from the hire of the tent. But, on the other
hand, the number of subscribers has been increased, and
several compositions for annual subscriptions have been re¬
ceived in 1857 ; so that there is a small balance in favour of
the Society. The present number of Subscribing Members,
independently of Lady Subscribers and Associates, is 376, and
it is evident that if this number can be maintained the Society
has in itself the elements of permanent prosperity.

The late Earl Eitz william had held the office of our President
since the year 1831, in which capacity he presided at the
establishment of the British Association in that year. The
monthly meeting of October last recorded its sense of his
eminent public and private virtues, and of the honour and
benefit the Society had derived from his long tenure of that
office. In this sentiment the present meeting will no doubt

16

REPOET OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1857.

heartily concur. Though seldom seen among us in later years,
he was always desirous to promote the welfare of our Society,
and he headed with a munificent donation the list of contribu¬
tors to the extension of the Museum. The Council have
conveyed to the Earl of Carlisle the expression of their
unanimous wish, that he would allow himself to be nominated
for the Presidentship, and they have the pleasure of announcing
that his Lordship has acceded to their request. They hojie
that when this amiable and accomplished nobleman has ceased
to fill the high office which he now holds, and has returned to
his ordinary residence, our Meetings may often he graced by
his presence.

The Council have also to propose to this Meeting, to mark
their sense of the liberality of the Rev. Danson Richardson
Roundell, by electing him an Honorary Member of the Society.

Four Members of the present Council, Mr. Wm. Anderson,
the Rev. Thos. Bayly, the Rev. Thos. Myers, and Mr. Kitching,
retire by rotation and are ineligible for the present year.

THE

TREASUREK OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

IN ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 1857.

RECEIPTS.

1857. £. s. d.

Annual Subsci'iptions and Arrears 621 0 0

^Admission of New Members . 67 0 0

Composition in lieu of Subscription 111 0 0

Associates . 11 0 0

Ladies’ Subscriptions . 48 0 0

Keys of tbe Gates . 33 0 0

Rents . 40 14 6

Money received at tbe Gate . 180 16 8

Swimming Bath (gross receipts) .. 147 13 7

Sale of Guide to Antiquities . 13 10 0

Temporary Subscribers . 3 0 0

Net proceeds of Exhibition . 20 8 10

Total Income . 1297 3 7

Permanent Debt :

Yorkshire Insurance

Company . £1900 0 0

Five Members at £50
Each . 250 0 0

2150 0 0

Balance in Treasurer’s
hands Jan. 1858. .. . 96 19 0

Total Debt of Society,

Jan., 1858 . £2053 1 0

EXPENDITURE.

1857.

£.

s.

d.

£.

s.

d-

Crown Rent .

1

0

0

Rent to Corporation. . . .

52 12

4

Rates and Taxes .

11

12

7

Insurance & Water Rent

12 17

0

78

1

11

Salaiies and Wages :

Keeper of the Museum

and Assist. Secretary

250

0

0

Sub-Curator .

100

0

0

Servant. .

20

0

0

Lodge Keeper .

26

0

0

Labourers .

145

12

0

Collector .

4

17

6

Attendant, Hospitium

8

14

0

Temporai-y Assistant,

Museum .

15

13

6

570

17

0

Interest on Debt to Dec. 31, 1857 ;

Insurance Company . . .

73

0

7

Museum Gardens, &c. :

General Repairs .

no

6

0

Purchase and Prepai-a-

tion of Specimens . .

35

10

3

145

16

3

Library, Books and Binding .

23

19

0

Swimming Bath :

Keeper’s Salary .

30

0

0

Water Rent .

20

0

0

Repairs and Incidents

13

6

11

63

6

11

Miscellaneous Expenses :

Printing, Advertising,

and Stationery .

43

9

6

Coals and Gas .

63

18

5

Expences connected

with Band .

15

3

0

„ Lectures ....

8

7

9

Flospitium .

95

12

8

Aquarium .

39

16

1

Observatory .

34

4

1

Postage, Carriage, and

Sundries .

23

8

6

324

0

0

1279

1

8

Surplus of Income .

18

1

11

£1297

3

7

Permanent Debt :

Yorkshire Insurance

Company . £1900 (

0 I

0

Due to Five Menmbei's

£50 each .

250

0

0

2150

0

0

Due from the Treasurer

Jan., 1857 .

78

17

1

Total Debt, Jan., 1857 . .

2071

2

11

Surplus of Income, 1857. .

18

1

11

£2053 1 0

March 5th, 1858, Audited bv us, WILLIAM GRAY, Treasurer.

H. SHORT, EDWD. SWAINE.

* Consisting' pi’incipally of instalments of £1 ; the snbscri];)tion for the first year regarded
in former Balance Sheets as part of the entrance fee is now included in the item “ Annual Sub¬
scriptions and Arrears.”

18

MEMBERS

ELECTED SINCE FEB., 1857.

1 8 5 7.

Agar, Benjamin, York.

Aldam, William, Frickley Hall.

Beattie, Henry, York.

Bolton, Lord, Bedale.

Briggs, Major, York.

Briskham, Miss, York.

Carter, Rev. John, York.

Cayley, Digby, Bromptor .

Cholmeley, Lieut. Thos. Chas., R. N., Brandshy.
Croft, Capt., Stillington.

Day, Edward, Eastdale.

Donkin, Edward, Malton.

Groves, John, York.

Holmes, Henry Tuke, Norfolk.

Knapton, William, York.

Lane, John, York.

Long, Yen. Archdeacon, Settrington.

Lowrie, W. F., York.

Mann, John W., York.

Middle vv^ood, George, York.

Millne, Charles, York.

Oxley, C. C., Redcar.

Pearson, Rev. George, York.

Phillips, William, York.

Prescott, Robert, The Yorkshire Cluh.

Prest, Mrs. Jno., York.

Radcliffe, Sir Joseph, Bart., Wetherhy.

Robinson, William, Richmond.

Rooke, Edward, York.

Salt, Titus, Saltaire.

Sanderson, Thomas, York.

Simpson, Rev. Philip, Metham Hall.

Spark, Chas. W., York.

Steward, Henry, York.

Westhead, J. P. Brown, Lee Castle^ Kidderminster.
Woodall, John W., Scarhorovgh..

1 8 5 8.

Cholmley, Miss, Fulford Lodge.

Pulleyn, Thomas, York.

Thorp, Fielden, York.

Walker, James, York.

RESOLUTIONS

PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, Feb. 2nd, 18o8.

1. That the Report of the Council now read be adopted and printed
for circulation among the Members, Lady Subscribers and Associates.

2. That this Meeting return their cordial thanks to Lady Chatterton,
for carrying into effect the Bequest by her late sister Miss Atkinson,
of the portrait of her father, James Atkinson, Esq.

3. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Vice-Presidents,
to the Members of the Council retiring from office, and to the Treasurer,
Secretaries, and Curators, for their services during the past year.

4. That the Council be empowered to give free admission to the
Grounds and Hospitium, on Whit-Monday and Tuesday; and to the
Museum, on those days under the same regulations as last year.

5. That authority be given to the Council to hold Horticultural
Meetings, and to admit temporary Subscribers, on the usual terms.

6. That the Rev. D. R. Roundell be elected an Honorary Member
of this Society.

7. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. Canon
Harcourt, for so ably presiding over this Meeting.

LECTURES

DELIVEEED DUPING THE YEAR 1857.

January 19 and 21. — On Zoophytes, their structure and history ;
by Rev. Thomas Hincks, Leeds.

March 3. — On the Sinaitic Inscriptions; by the Rev. Thomas
Myers.

Feb. 3. — On the Fossil Saurians of Yorkshire ; by Mr. Charles-
worth.

March 10. — On the esculent and poisonous species of the Mush¬
room tribe ; by Mr. O. A. Moore.

May 12 and 19. — On Shells and their inhabitants; by Mr.
Charlesworth.

November 25. — On Ship-building and the Great Eastern Steam¬
ship ; by Capt. O’Brien.

December 9. — On Magnetism; by Mr. Procter,

December 21.-— On Teeth; by Mr. Charlesworth.

COMMUNICATIONS

TO THE

MONTHLY MEETINGS,

1857.

March 3. — An analysis was read, made by Mr. Procter, of the
bronze handle of an Etruscan patera in the Museum of Antiquities.
It appeared to contain in 100 parts —

Copper ..

. 88-72

Tin .

.... 8-04

Lead .

.... 3-13

99-89

Loss .

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TOO.

In the older analyses of ancient bronze no lead had been noticed,
but in the later ones by Davy and Wilson a small amount of this
metal is mentioned.

April 6. — Robert Davies, Esq,., F. S. A., read a paper “ On the
Origin of the Great Council of the North.” The object of the paper
was to show that the germ of this Council might be traced to an
earlier period than 1537, and that its real prototype was the Council
which accompanied Henry the eighth’s illegitimate son, the Duke of
Richmond and Somerset, into Yorkshire in 1525, when he was
appointed Lieutenant General of the North, and Warden General
of all the Marches towards Scotland. A certain number of persons,
some of them holding office in the Duke’s household, and others
especially selected for their professional qualifications, were appointed
to be a Council for the management of the Duke’s afiairs, and under
that designation they were clothed with extensive powers of an
arbitrary and inquisitorial character, extending over all the Northern

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counties. By virtue of tins authority they held sessions of oyer-and-
terminer and gaol-delivery alternately at York, Newcastle and
Pontefract, heard and decided causes between party and party, and
pronounced judgment in criminal cases without the intervention of a
jury. Even at the ordinary assizes some of the members were
present and took part in the proceedings. The Duke returned to
the South in 1527, but the Council continued to exercise the same
powers as before. When the insurrection called the Pilgrimage of
Grace broke out, in 1536, it was still in existence and exercising its
powers; but in 1537 the king converted it into a standing court,
which bore the title of the Great Council of the North, and by its
arbitrary and almost irresponsible powers, exercised an iron rule for
more than a century over that part of England which lies between
the Trent and the Tweed. Henry YIII., when he remodelled the
Council and gave it a permanent character, might wish to have the
credit of being its author, but it really originated from the master
mind of Wolsey.

May 9. — Mr. Charlesworth, Keeper of the Museum, read a
paper respecting the Ichthyosaurus Platyodon from the alum strata
at Kettleness, lately presented to the Museum by the Rev. D. R.
Roundell. The Whitby district has long been known for its Saurian
remains, and within the last ten or fifteen years has produced no less
than five perfect, or nearly perfect. Plesiosauri ; but of the allied
genus, the Ichthyosaurus, no large or remarkably perfect specimen
has been found there until now. The largest previously known,
tolerably complete Ichthyosaurus is the I. platyodon from Lyme
Regis in the British Museum. Its absolute length is 18 feet ; its
computed length, when perfect, 20 feet. The Whitby specimen is
23 feet long, and its computed length 28 feet. It therefore surpasses
in total length any skeleton, of corresponding completeness, yet
discovered. From the structure of the paddles, form of the teeth,
vertebrae, &c., Mr. Charlesworth considered it to agree more nearly
with I. platyodon than any other described species ; but as a large
proportion of the saurians and other fossils found in the Yorkshire
Lias are distinct from those found in the South of England, its cha¬
racter should be very rigorously investigated, before it is confidently
referred to this or any other published species.

June 3. — The Rev. James Raine, Junior, read a paper entitled
“ Illustrations of Life and Manners from Wills,” especially the class
called nuncupative or word-of-mouth wills. In an age when writing
materials could not readily be found, such wills were frequently made
in cases of emergency. These documents afford much information
respecting the times in which the testators lived and the little world
of the hearth and the home; they are also characterized by their
truthfulness, being made at a moment when they were about to
exchange one state of existence for another. Those which were
quoted were chiefly of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and
related to this and the neighbouring county of Durham. One was
that of a female of Richmond, who was compelled to make her will
out of a chamber window, the house being locked up as its inhabitants
were stricken with the dreadful plague. Richmond suffered terribly
from this visitation, three-fourths of the population being carried off by
it and buried on the north side of the church, where the people, even to
the close of the last century, refused to bury for fear of letting out
the plague. Archbishop Mountain, who was a native of Cawood,
made a nuncupative will in 1628, some of the bequests of which were
mentioned. The paper concluded with an observation that literary
men, before they undertook to treat of history and biography, would
do well to pay attention to these humble but authentic records.

November 3. — 'A paper, by Mr. Edward Tindall, of Bridling¬
ton, was read, containing an account of the opening of some tumuli
iu that neighbourhood since the beginning of the year. In one of
these, three articles of bronze had been found, which the author of the
paper considered to be Roman ; in another, flint chisels and other
implements of the same material, along with fragments of burnt bone.
In another, which was 100 yards in circumference and 100 feet in
diameter, two urns of clay were found, which had been made on the
wheel and afterwards ornamented by hand ; a broken axe head, finely
polished at the edge, and a remarkable implement of flint, combining
the uses of a knife and a saw. Pieces of leather were also found,
which had been pierced by an instrument like a cordwainer’s awl,
and seemed to have been worn as an ornamental part of dress by the
persons interred. Branches of trees, in a remarkable state of pre¬
servation, were strewed over the ashes of the dead. In this tumulus
both urns and skeletons were found, and one of the urns exhibits a
rude imitation of Samian ware, which appears to indicate that the
tumulus belonged to the time of the Roman occupation. Several

implements of flint were exhibited, obtained from these researches, so
fresh in their appearance, that but for the evidence of their antiquity
they might have been concluded to be recent fabrications.

December I. — A communication was read from John Phillips,
L. L. D., F. R. S., F. G. S., on a recent discovery of Roman remains
at Filey. The unusually heavy rain-storm of August in the present
year, laid open to view some traces of construction on the narrow
neck of land above the rocky promontory called Filey Bridge. On
further examination it appeared, that four squared stones, set in clay
with which boulders had been mixed, had stood at the corners of a
rectangular space, probably supporting angle posts and horizontal
tie-beams, on which a roof of straw or turf had been placed. The
floor, above the clay and boulders, was an irregular thin layer of
concrete, on which lay a mass of rubbish, pottery, bones and charred
oak, with coins in considerable numbers. The pottery was Romano-
British without any Samian ; the coins were all Roman without the
admixture of any work of later generations ; and hence the author of
the communication concluded, that the erection had been intended as
a shelter to a detachment of Roman soldiers, appointed to guard this
coast. The coins, as far as seen by him, were of Constantins and
Constantine.

A paper was also read by the Rev. John Kenrick, “ On the Rise,
Progress and Suppression of the Order of Knights-Templar in the
County of York.” The ample possessions which this order obtained
in our county were owing to the patronage of the noble families of
De Brus, Mowbray, De Lacy, De Ros, De Stutevile and Hastings,
whose own domains were immense. From the survey made of the
Ballia of Eborascire in the year 1185 it appears that the lands of the
Templars began at the northern verge of the county, and extended
both into the East and West Riding. Their chief preceptory in
this county was at Newliusuin, now Temple Newsome near Leeds ;
and they had another at Ribston. Nearer York they possessed lands
at Copmanthorpe, where a field still retains the name of Temple-
garth. In York itself they had only some small tenements and the
mills near the Castle, which have lately been destroyed. Altogether
upwards of eighty places are m,entioned in the survey of 1185 in
which they had possessions or rights, and doubtless these would be
much increased in the course of the next century. The sources of
their revenues were various ; besides lands they had tolls in fairs and

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markets, multure from windmills and watermills, advowsons of
churches, services from tenants of so many days’ ploughing, harrow¬
ing, haymaking, sheepshearing and sheep washing. Even tributes of
fowls and eggs are not overlooked. The order possessed also many
valuable immunities ; they were exempt from tythes ; service might
be performed in their churches when the rest of the parish was under
an interdict ; no Templar could be required to take an oath. They
had courts of separate jurisdiction, and endeavoured to compel those
with whom they or their tenants had disputes, to bring their causes
before these courts, instead of the established tribunals. They were
an important element in the state. The Master of the Temple was
summoned to parliament with bishops and priors, and Amaric de
St. Maur joined the great barons in urging on King John the signa¬
ture of Magna Charta. In the thirteenth century they had attained
the maximum of their prosperity and power ; yet towards its close,
causes were in operation which in the beginning of the fourteenth
brought about their suppression. The circumstances attending this
event in Yorkshire, the author reserved for another communication.

January 5. — The Key. John Kenrick read the conclusion of
his paper, begun at the preceding monthly meeting. Among the
causes which led to the suppression of the Order of the Templars he
mentioned, the failure of the Crusades, which showed the hopelessness
of the recovery of Palestine ; the jealousy of their power entertained
both by Church and State, and their own wealth, pride and luxury.
The charges of immorality and impiety which were made the ground
of the cruel measures taken against them, were not supported by
satisfactory evidence, and though individuals might be guilty, were
no sufficient ground for the destruction of the order. Edward II.,
when solicited by Philip the Fair of France, to co-operate with him
in his measures against them, at first declined, not believing the
crimes imputed to them, but a letter from the Pope seems to have
altered his views, and as he was at the time a suitor for the hand of
the French Princess, Isabella of Valois, a desire to gain the favour
of Philip may also have influenced him. He accordingly ordered an
investigation to be made. Archbishop Grenefeld, who then filled
the see of York, commenced the trial of twenty-four Templars who
had been seized and committed to the Castle, on the 19th of May,
1310. He was attended by his sufi*ragans, the Bishops of Durham,
and Whithern in Galloway, and by a numerous assemblage of
ecclesiastics, from the different deaneries and archdeaconries, and the

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monastic establishments of the province. To these were added some
learned lawyers. The Templars denied all the most odious of the
charges against them ; but they appear to have been aware that
their suppression was predetermined, and when, after various pro¬
ceedings, they were brought up before a Council which again met
at York in May 1311, they confessed that they could not clear them¬
selves respecting the accusations contained in the bull of the Pope,
and prayed, on their bended knees, that they might be restored to the
communion of the Church. They abjured all heresies, and promised
to keep holy the catholic and orthodox faith, and to observe the
Church’s mandates ; and proceeding from the Chapter House to the
south door of the Minster, they there received absolution from the
Bishop of Whithern. The possessions of the Templars in Yorkshire
were partially transferred to the Knights of St. John, but the Crown
retained some of the most valuable, and granted them to the nobility.
It is probable that much light might be thrown on this subject by
documents, yet unpublished, among the national Records, and Mr.
Kenrick expressed a hope that on some future occasion he should
be able to lay a list of these before the Society, if not copies at full
length.

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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM.

GEOLOGY.

Yorkshire Naturalists’ Club

Cholnieley, Lieut .

Dayrell, Rev. Thos .

Denison, Robt., Esq .

Long, Yen. Archdeacon ...

Marshall, Mr. Wm.

Norman, Lieut. Col .

North Eastern Railway,

Directors of .

Parsons, Miss .

Roundell, Rev. D. R .

Tindall, Mr. Edwd .

Wood, Edwd., Esq., F. G.S.

Various remarkable Specimens from the
Lias of Whitby.

Auriferous Quartz, from Australia.

Two teeth of Fossil Elephant from the
Chalk Drift of Cambridgeshire.

Various Minerals.

Imperfect Cranium of Horse, found in
Alluvium near Settrington.

Specular Iron Ore, from Cumberland,
and Volcanic Rocks from South
America.

Fossil Wood, from Trivatoor.

Horns of the Red Deer, found in making
the Docks at Jarrow.

Portion of curious encrinital Stem.

Ichthyosaurus Platyodon, from the Lias
of Whitby.

Fossils from the Chalk of Bridlington.

Slab of Mountain Limestone covered
with Specimens of Woodocrinus (in
Exchange).

ZOOLOGY.

Cholmeley, Lieut. . . Shells dredged by the Donor at Port

Jackson and Port Philip, and a rare
Trigonia from Bass’s Straits.

Collings, Mr . Skull of the Albatross.

Clifford, Esq. (Deighton |
Grove) . . . >

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Hague, Patrick, Esq.

Hotham, Captain .

Jackson, Mr. Wm., f Hull )
Lukis, C. F., Esq .

Marshall, Mr. Wm .

Procter, Wm., Esq .

Storey, E., Esq .

Straubenzee, Major .

Shells of a species of Unio, from China,
enclosing Pearls the result of artificial
stimulus.

Bones of the Albatross.

Fine Skull of Walrus.

Choice specimens of Cardium echinatum,
from Guernsey.

Specimens of Unio margaritiferus.

Yoluta Musica.

A Bird of Paradise.

Fine example of the Solan Goose (Sula
Bassana).

ANTIQUITIES.

Cheap, The Misses .

County, Magistrates of .

Denison, B., Esq .

Farsyde, W. J. G., Esq. ...
Kenrick, Rev. J. . .

Melrose, Mr .

ReadjWm. H.Rudston,Esq.
Spurr, Mr. . . .

Warren, T. W., Esq.,

(Dublin) . .

Short, Rev. H .

Fragments of Pottery, from Egypt.

Two Skulls, from sarcophagi, dug up in
the Castle Yard, York, in 1835.

Two Silver Pieces (Charles I.), found
at Pocklington.

Gold Brooch, found at Fylingdales.

Leaden Coin of Commodus, found at
Clifton.

Coin of Septimus Severus.

Two Roman Coins.

Several Roman Antiquities, found at
the corner of Aldwark.

Gun Money of James II., Ireland.

Roman Bronze Spoon, found in sinking
for the foundation of a house on Lord
Mayor’s Walk.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Jackson, Mr. Wm., (Hull ) Seal skin Dress of the Esquimaux.
Ruddock, Mr., (Whitby) Specimens of Forgeries of Flint Imple¬
ments.

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LIBRARY.

Admiralty, Board of . Greenwicli Astronomical and Meteor¬

ological Observations, 1855. Toronto.
Magnetical and Meteorological Observa¬
tions, 1846 — 48.

Antiquaries, Society of . Proceedings of. Nos. 43 — 46.

Arcbseologia, vol. 36, p. 2, vol. 37. p. 1.

Association, British, for the |
advancement of Science j

Club, Tyneside Naturalists’ ) rr ,• r i o -i o
’ [ iransactions oi, vol. 3. p. 1- — 3.

Field . . . ) ^

Company, Hon. East India Geological Survey of India, vol. I. p. 1.

Institution, Royal, of Great 'I

^ > Meetings of the Members of, part 7.

Britain . ;

Observatory, Royal, Edin- Astronomical Observations, vol. 11,

burgb . j 1849—54.

Society, London Geological Journal of, for 1857.

Society, Royal, of Edinburgh Transactions of, vol. 21. p. 4. Proceed¬
ing, 1856 — 7.

Society, Chemical . Journal for 1857.

Society, Cornwall Royal )

Polytechnic . j Report for 1 855-6.

Society, Liverpool Literary "I

1 T)i M T,- 1 ( Proceedings of, 1855 — 6.

and Philosophical . ; ° ^

Society, Manchester Liter- | Dalton’s Chemistry and Meteorology,

ary and Philosophical ... ) Memoirs of, vol. 14.

Society, Geological and \

Polytechnic, of W. R. of | Proceedings of, 1856 — 7.

Yorkshire . ^

Society, Boston, of Natural ^

TT- .. ^ A ' \ ! Journal of, vol. 6. p. 1 — 3.

idistoTj (America J . ; ’ ^

Do. do. ... Proceedings of, vol. 5. 1854 to 1856.

Smithsonian Institution,
f Washington^ U. S.
America) .

Reports of, for 1855 — 6.

Smithsonian Contributions to Know¬
ledge, viz : —

The recent secular period of the Aurora
Borealis, by Dr. Olmsted.

Archeology of the United States, by
Sami. F. Haven.

Researches on the Ammonia-Cobalt
Bases, by Wolcott Gibbs and Fred.
Aug. Genth.

Chemical and Physiological Investiga¬
tions, relative to certain American
Yertebrata, by Dr. Jones.

Mexican History and Archeology, by
Brantz Mayer.

Record of Auroral Phenomena in the
higher Northern Latitudes, by Peter
Force.

Publications of learned Societies and

Periodicals in the Library of the
Smithsonian Institution.

The Author . . . On the Use, Properties and Products

of the Bitumen and Petroleum of
Trinidad, by the Earl of Dundonald.

The Author . A Lecture on the Malvern Hills, deliver¬

ed before the Royal Institution, by
John Phillips, F. R. S.

The Author . Catalogue of the Reigen Collection of

Mazatlan Mollusca in the British
Museum, by Rev. P. P. Carpenter.

Londesborough, Lord . Miscellanea Graphica (completed).

Read, W. H. Rudston, Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the

Linnean Society, vol. I. 1856 — 57.

Sumner, Gillyatt, Esq., ) List of Books, Deeds and Papers in
(Beverley) . . ) manuscript in his possession.

Taylor, Rev.Wm. [London) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal

Society of London, 1855 — 56.

Treherne, Rev. John... . Lithographic Drawing of Monument

erected to Sir Edwd, Came, in the
Atrium of the Church of San Gre¬
gorio, in Monte Celi.

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SERIAL WORKS SUBSCRIBED FOR.

A Monograph of the Trochilidse or Humming Birds, by John Gould,
F. R. S. (14 parts published).

Birds of Australia, by the same, supplementary parts (2 published).

Birds of Asia, by the same (9 parts published).

Exotic Butterflies, being illustrations of New Species chiefly selected
from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and W. C. Hew-
itson. By W. C. Hewitson. (23. Nos. published.)

Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis, or Geology of the Sewalik Hills, in the
North of India, by Dr. Falconer and Major Cautley. (Part I
to 9 of Illustrations, and part I of Letterpress.)

Proceedings of the Zoological Society, with Illustrations.

Publications of the Palseontographical Society.

Publications of the Ray Society.

Sowerby’s Thesaurus Conchyliorum, col. plates (17 parts published).

Crania Britannica, or Delineations and Descriptions of the Skulls of
the Aboriginal and early Inhabitants of the British Islands, by
J. B. Davis, F. S. A., and J. Thurnam, M. D.

WORKS PURCHASED.

The Runic and other Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man, by
Rev. Joseph George Gumming.

A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, by Richard Owen,

F. R. S.

Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen and Vegetable
Materials, in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, by
W. R, Wilde, M. R. 1. A.

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Akroyd, Edwd., Esq., M.P., DentonPark

Allis, Thos., Esq., Oshaldwick .

Backhouse, Thos., Esq., York .

Balme, E. B. Wheatley, Esq., Cote Wall

Barlow, Miss, York . .

Bayly, Eev. Thos., York .

Beckett, Wm., Esq., Kirkstall Grange

Bell, Pred., Esq., Thirsk .

Bower, Eobt., Esq., Welham House. .
Boynton, Sir H., Bart., Burton Agnes

Brancker, Miss, York .

Briggs, Major, York .

Brown, Janies, Esq., M. P., Eossington

Butterfield, I. M., Esq., York .

Cator, Eev. T., Womersley .

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32

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s. d.

£.

s.

d.

Lawley, Hon. and Eev. Stephen W.,

Smyth, Col. J. G., M. P., Heath HaU

0

0

0

Escrick . . .

5

0 0

Sotheran, Mr. H., York .

1

1

0

Lee, W. T., Esq., Grove Hall, Ferry-

Sotheran, Mr. Wm., York .

1

1

0

bridge .

5

0 0

Stanhope, Spencer, Esq., Cannon Hall

0

0

0

Leeds, Duke of, Hornby Castle ....

5

0 0

Stansfield, Wm. Eookes Crompton,

Leeman, Geo., Esq., York .

5

0 0

Esq., Esholt Hall .

5

0

0

Legard, Sir Tbos., Bart., Ganton ....

5

0 0

Stillingfleet, Eev. E. W., Hotham . .

2

0

0

Lloyd, Miss, York .

5

0 0

Stourton, Lord, Allerton Park .

5

0

0

Lloyd, Edwd., Esq., Holtby .

5

0 0

Stourton, Hon. P., Holme Hall ....

5

0

0

Lloyd, Geo., Esq., Stockton Hall ....

5

0 0

Swaine, Edw., Esq., York .

2

2

0

Londesborougb, the Eight Hon. the

Swann, Clough, & Co., York .

20

0

0

Lord, Grimston Park, (V. President)

10

0 0

Swire, Eev. John, Manfield .

2

2

0

Lowtber, Sir J. H., Bart., Swillington

10

0 0

Sykes, Eev. Christr. (the late), Eoos

o

0

0

Markham, W. T., Esq., Becca Hall . .

5

0 0

Telford, H., Esq., York .

5

0

0

Mason, Thos., Esq., Copt Hewick . .

5

0 0

Tempest, Colonel, Tong Hall, Leeds . .

5

0

0

Mason, Thos., Esq., York .

5

0 0

Tempest, Sir Charles, Bart., Broughton

Mawdesley, Frede., Esq., York ....

5

0 0

HaU .

5

0

0

Maxwell, W. C., Esq., Everingham

Thompson, Mr. Edwin, York .

2

2

0

Park .

5

0 0

Thompson, H. S., Esq., Kirby HaU . .

10

0

0

Meek, Jas., Esq., Middlethorpe Lodge

5

0 0

Thompson, Leonard, Esq., Sheriff Hut-

Meek, Jas., Jun., Esq., York .

5

0 0

ton Park .

5

0

0

Middleton, Lord, Birdsall House ....

10

0 0

Toulson, S. P., Esq., Skipwith HaU. .

2

0

0

Mills, J. E., Esq., York .

5

0 0

Tower, Col., Middlethorpe Manor . .

5

0

0

Mitford, Admiral, Hunmanby .

5

0 0

Wade, Edwin, Esq., York . .

1

1

0

Monkhouse, Mr. AYm., York .

1

1 0

Walker, Jas., Esq., Sand-Hutton ....

5

0

0

Montagu, Andrew, Esq., Melton Park

5

0 0

Watt, Francis, Esq., Bishop Burton . .

5

0

0

Moore, Mr. Frank, York .

1

1 0

Webb, Wm., Esq., Sion Hill .

5

0

0

Musgrave, Yen. Archdeacon, Halifax

5

0 0

WeUbeloved, Eev. C., York .

3

0

0

Newman, W. L., Esq., York .

2

2 0

Wenlock, Lord, Escrick Park .

5

0

0

Northumberland, Duke of, Alnwick

Wentworth, Godfrey, Esq., WooUey

Castle .

10

0 0

Park .

5

0

0

Oldfield, George, Esq., York .

5

0 0

Westhead, J. P. Brown, Esq., M. P.,

Oldfield, Joshua, Esq., York .

0

0 0

Lee Castle .

5

0

0

Phillips, Prof. John, Oxford .

2

2 0

WharncUffe, Lord, Wortley HaU ....

10

0

0

Prescott, Eoht., Esq., Yorkshire Club

5

0 0

Wharton, J. T., Esq., Skelton Castle

0

0

0

Preston, T. H., Esq., Moreby Hall . .

5

0 0

Wharton, J. T., Esq., Aberford ....

2

0

0

Pulleine, James, Esq., Crake Hall . .

5

0 0

Wickham, H. W., Esq., M.P., Kirklees

Eadclifie, Sir J., Bart., Eudding Park

10

0 0

Park . . .

5

0

0

Eaines, Wm., Esq., Wyton .

2

0 0

Wilson, John, Esq., Seacroft HaU .

5

0

0

Eawdon, W. Fred., Esq., Stockton, York

5

0 0

Wilson, E. B., Esq., Cliff, Darlington

5

0

0

Eead, Wm. H. Eudston, Esq., Hayton

5

0 0

Woodd, Basil T., Esq., M. P., Conyng-

Eeed, Wm., Esq., York .

2

2 0

ham HaU .

5

0

0

Eeynard, E. H., Esq., Sunderland wick

2

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Woodall, John, Esq., Scarboro’ .

5

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Eichardson, Hy., Esq., Cherryhill,

Yarburgh, Geo. J., Esq., Heslington

York .

1

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HaU .

5

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Eichardson, Wm., Esq., York .

5

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York, Edwd., Esq., AYighUl Park ....

5

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Eobinson, Henry, Esq., York .

5

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York, His Grace the Archbishop of . .

10

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Eoundell, Eev. Danson E., Gledston

5

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Yorke, John, Esq., Beweiiey HaU . .

3

3

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Eowntree, Joseph, Esq., York .

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Zetland, the Eight Hon. the Earl of.

Eutson, Wm., Esq , Newby Wiske . .

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Aske HaU .

10

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Salt, Titus, Esq., Saltaire, Bradford . .

5

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Simpson, Thos., Esq., M. D., York . .

5

0 0

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11

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Slingsby, Sir Chs., Bart., Scriven Park

5

0 0

*** Lord Bolton, and Wm. Aldam, Esq., being applied to for a Subscription to the Museum Enlai'genient
Eund, replied by becoming Life Members of the Society.

Members of the Society or others willing to assist in raising the Subscription
to the required amount ( £1000 ), are requested to communicate with the Secretaries,
Museum, York.

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