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season comes round, attaches himself to the far-famed 

 York and Ainsty Hunt. Charming too are those winter 

 gatherings (in that noble suite of rooms, the York 

 Assembly Eooms) the Union Hunt Ball, the County 

 Ball, the Yeomanry Ball, when from five to eight hun- 

 dred of the dite join in the giddy dance. And for 

 those who have a religious tendency, there is the Mins- 

 ter with its well-regulated daily services, its magnificent 

 organs, and its afternoon anthem. Nor are its citizens 

 devoid of energy and enterprise. Especially during the 

 last ten years, York has kept pace with towns of greater 

 wealth and larger population. It has its Daily News- 

 paper (The York Daily Herald) ; its Fine Arts Insti- 

 tution ; its Philosophical Society ; its School of Art ; its 

 Museum ; its Hospital ; its Dispensary ; its Clubs ; its 

 Corn Exchange ; its Diocesan Training Institution ; its 

 Friendly Societies' Hall ; its Public Library ; its Maso- 

 nic Hall; its Mechanic Institute; its Fever Hospital; 

 its Tramways ; its Eifle Volunteers ; its Artillery Vol- 

 unteers ; its New Walk and Esplanade, extending a 

 mile either way from the centre of the city on the banks 

 of the Ouse ; and it has its numerous educational estab- 

 lishments, such as the Boyal College of St. Peter, 

 which was originally founded by Queen Mary in 1557, 

 and endowed out of the estates of the dissolved Hos- 

 pital of St. Mary the Virgin, and is under the control 

 of the Dean and Chapter. And noticing those institu- 

 tions which are connected with its more remote history, 

 we may sum up the whole by saying it possesses 

 Ancient Guilds, Almshouses, Hospitals and Schools, 

 endowed for the maintenance of the aged, the support 

 of the infirm, and the free education of the young." 



I shall now venture to say a few words about the 

 famous Congress of Science, which gave York additional 

 lustre in September last. The British Association for 

 the promotion of science, originated in 1831, and held its 

 first meeting, attended by 353 persons, at York, in 

 September of that year. 



