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polis of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the equal of 

 the most important towns in England. Surely then, the 

 support of its scientific and literary institutions ought to 

 be at least commensurate with those of other places. Let 

 the success of the past session be but the harbinger of 

 increased exertion for the future, and we shall no longer 

 hear the inhabitant complain that there is nothing to 

 show the visiter, nor the stranger that Leeds contains no 

 object of interest, save the dirty and smoky manufac- 

 tories. 



