COUNCIL FOR 1870 . 
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Mr. Taylor was formerly intimately connected with this city. 
Some years ago he filled the office of Minor Canon in the 
Cathedral Church of York. He had previously been Tutor to 
the present Sir Charles Lowther, to the sons of Lord Monson, 
and to W. Dawson Littledale, all of whom were blind. His 
attention having thus been directed at an early age to the 
education of the blind he ever after took the greatest interest 
in promoting the welfare of persons so profoundly affiicted. 
It was under his superintendence that the Wilberforce School 
for the Blind was promoted, and he always manifested the 
greatest interest in the welfare of this Institution. 
After he had left this city Mr. Taylor resided until the close 
of his life at Worcester, and it was entirely owing to his repre¬ 
sentations that the two Worcester Institutions for the Blind 
owe their origin. 
The Council propose for election the Sheriff of York (I. L. 
Foster, Esq.), John Eoper, Esq., S. W. North, Esq., E. Gr. S., 
and W. Procter, Esq., M.D., as new Members of Council, in the 
room of Mr. Alderman Weatherley, Eev. E. Elwjm, Thos. 
Lockley, Esq., M. D., and H. J. Ware, Esq., who retife by 
rotation. 
