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The sovereign made a speech to the citizens, thanking them in 
highly complimentary terms for the many good services they 
had rendered to him, and granting them certain exemptions 
from the payment of tolls, with a permanent reduction of their 
fee-farm to the extent of £40 a year; and he appointed the 
Lord Mayor for the time being his chief sergeant at arms with 
a suitable salary. 
It is not within my province to enter upon the much 
vexed question of Richard’s moral or political delinquencies. 
The pen of the historian and the genius of the poet have alike 
laboured to depict his character in the darkest and most 
repulsive colours, but it is proverbially said of a personage 
who shall be nameless, that he is not so black as he is painted. 
We have indisputable evidence that the unfortunate monarch 
always evinced a warm attachment to the people of Yorkshire, 
and with them he never ceased to be a favourite. I will 
conclude by quoting the words of a writer who is excelled 
by few in his extensive knowledge and just appreciation 
of historical authorities. Our friend Canon Raine, in his 
valuable work, “ The Fabric Rolls of York Minster,” says— 
Rarely if ever has there been a prince in the north so 
universally beloved as Richard III. The ties that bound him 
to the noble house of Neville, and his own regal munificence, 
endeared him to the people of the north. They stood by him 
in every danger and on every occasion, and even after his fall, 
when their help was of no avail, his memory lay at the bottom 
of their hearts, ever springing up again to be cherished and 
lamented. It was a dark day for the north when its sun set 
upon the field of Bosworth.” 
The Rev. Canon Hey said that as the honorary curator of 
entomology he was authorised by Mr. Allis to present the very 
splendid collection of Lepidoptera, of which there were 
specimens on the table. He might say that that collection 
was the finest in England with the exception of Mr. 
Doubleday’s, which was probably more complete. Though the 
collection contained specimens of each species, yet they were 
selected specimens to show the variations of which the species 
were capable, and selected for their beauty and perfection. 
