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kindly spirit. Nor should I hope' to entertain any other feeling towards any one 

 else, for freely expressing his opinions, however much they might differ from my 

 own, particularly when expressed as Mr. Sweeting has expressed his. I cer- 

 tainly do not think that he has answered my remarks ; but let that pass ; your 

 readers will be able to judge, if they think it worth while to look and see. I am 

 only sorry that my few remarks should have been so misapprehended as I fear 

 that at all events to some extent they have been. I know no where a more 

 enthusiastic an admirer of Nature than Mr. R. H. Sweeting, nor anywhere a 

 more diligent and proficient student in all that relates to the glorious wonders 

 of Creation. 



I remain, 



Yours faithfully, 



Doncaster, Dec. 30, 1837, Francis Orpen Morris. 



£We have no reason whatever to call in question the truth of Mr. Morris's 

 statements as given above ; but they have no power of altering our opinion 

 respecting certain parts of his letter at p. 367 of our second volume. We doubt 

 not Mr. Sweeting will be satisfied with the explanation of Mr. M. — Ed.]] 



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LEEDS ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 

 The Society formed to promote this great ornament and advantage to the 

 town met on Monday, Dec. 18, at the Philosophical Hall, to receive the Report 

 of the Provisional Committee, and to decide upon the laws and elect officers. — 

 John Marshall, Esq., presided, and the attendance of members was exceedingly 

 respectable. Mr. Eddison, Secretary, read the Report of the Provisional Com- 

 mittee, which stated, that they had purchased an exceedingly eligible piece of 

 land between Headingley and Burley, consisting of about twenty acres, for the 

 sum of £4,300 ; that the subscriptions now approached to £ 10,000 ; that the 

 production of plans for laying out the Gardens had been offered to public com- 

 petition, and that the successful competitors, among seventeen, were Mr. Billin- 

 ton, architect, and Mr. Davis, gardener, both of Wakefield ; that the estimated 

 cost of laying out the Gardens on this plan would be more than the sum now 

 subscribed, but that it was earnestly hoped the subscriptions would be so far 

 increased as to prevent the necessity of any injurious curtailment of the plan. 

 In conclusion, the Committee congratulated the Society and the town upon the 

 formation of an establishment which, while they trusted it would contribute to 



