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been received from the residents of York and the neighbourhood, in the pro- 

 motion of the objects of this meeting. H[e explained the motives which first 

 induced the original promoters of the meeting to select the city of York for 

 their first assembly. To this city, as the cradle of the association, they 

 should ever look back w^ith gratitude ; and vi^hether they met hereafter on 

 the banks of the Isis, the Cam, or the Forth ; to this spot, and to this beauti- 

 ful building, they w^ould still fondly revert, and haii with delight the period 

 at which, in their gyration, they should return to this the point of their first 

 attraction. Mr. Murchison concluded by warmly eulogizing the kind re- 

 ception and hospitality which the strangers had experienced from the Arch- 

 bishop, and from all classes of the inhabitants of the city and neighbourhood. 

 He concluded, amidst loud applause, with a motion of thanks, as follows : — 

 " That the cultivators of science here assembled, do return their most grate- 

 ful thanks to His Grace the Archbishop of York, the Patron, and to the 

 officers and members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, for the very 

 liberal manner in which, by the use of their Halls and Museum, and by their 

 obliging and unwearied efforts to provide every accommodation and comfort 

 to the visitors, they have so essentially contributed to the success and pros- 

 perity of this association." 



The motion was seconded by Dr. Brewster. Mr. Dalton also rose to 

 express his entire concurrence in Mr. Murchison's observations. 



The Rev. W. V. Harcourt said, it was quite unnecessary, from the feelings 

 which he knew to pervade the breasts of all, both scientific strangers and 

 residents, to put to the vote of the meeting either of the proposals so elo- 

 quently brought forward. In the long period of its existence, the ancient 

 city of York had never greater reason to be proud than of the genius and 

 talent it contained within its walls at this moment, and of the honour it had 

 obtained of being the birth-place of an Associa.tion destined (he firmly be- 

 lieved) greatly to enlarge the boundaries of science. After speaking with 

 much depth of feeling of the grateful recollections which this meeting would 

 furnish, of the valued friendships which it had been the occasion of forming, 

 and of the pleasing anticipation of future meetings, when the infant asso- 

 " elation should be more matured and adequate to its lofty aims, Mr. Harcourt 

 concluded by declaring the meeting adjourned to Oxford. 



Tea and coffee were then served to the visitors, and the company separated, 

 highly delighted with the intellectual and social treat which they had enjoyed 

 throughout the week. — York Courant. 



The nature of this association will be more fully understood 

 by reference to Dr. Brewster's Number for Jan. 1832, to which 

 we refer our readers ; we shall, however, publish the preface to 

 the first report of the association, which has subsequently ap- 

 peared. We take it from the Philosophical Magazine, for March, 

 1832, page 225. 



In giving to the public a Report of the Proceedings of the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, it has been considered an important 



