COUNCIL FOR 1844. 13 



City of York is so eminently distinguished. That if the 

 Corporation of the City can make such arrangements, as that 

 this valuable relic may be enclosed within the grounds of the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and cleared of the modern 

 structures by which it is now almost entirely concealed, it will 

 be safe from further injury, and add another object of picturesque 

 beauty and of antiquarian and historical interest to those 

 which now render the Gardens of the Society so attractive 

 to the eye of taste, so gratifying and instructive to the lover 

 of ancient art, and so great an ornament to the City of York. 

 That in executing this public improvement, and in conse- 

 quence diverting the entrance into the stables now occupied 

 by one of its tenants, the Corporation would further enable 

 the Society to restore the fragment of the Roman Wall, de- 

 tached by that entrance, to its connection with the portion pre- 

 served in the Society''s grounds, and thus materially improve 

 the effect of one of the most remarkable remains of remote 

 antiquity existing in England."" 



Should this application happily be complied with, and the 

 interesting relics described in the memorial be thus added 

 with those already in the care of the Society, this will 

 constitute one of the most striking improvements that has 

 yet been effected, and will leave the Council no cause to re- 

 gret the large expenditure employed upon the Museum 

 Gardens, whereby, within so limited a space, so unusual a 

 variety of interesting objects are displayed to so great ad- 

 vantage. 



As might have been expected, the alterations in the Mu- 

 seum and grounds have entailed upon the Society a heavy ex- 

 pense. The Council, however, have the satisfaction of sta- 

 ting that a large portion of this outlay has been incurred in re- 

 pairing and painting the Museum, which is now placed in such a 

 state of repair as it will require but little annual expense to 

 maintain. A further cost will, indeed, have to be incurred in 

 providing the means of warming the rooms; the present 



