Each boy to be to the rubric of the church of England. Maison Dieu, or Merchant Tailors' Hospital.-Four small tenements for four decayed brothers of the company, or their widows. There is a rent-charge of 10s. per annum out of land at Holtby, devised in 1669, by John Straker, and a rent-charge of £10 per annum granted by the company, by deed, dated 20th June, 1754. From these rents-charge, and an allowance made by the company, the alms-people each receive £4 15s. 6d. per annum. Colton's Hospital.-Founded by Thomas Colton, by deed, dated 11th February, 1717, and augmented by his will, dated 18th June, 1729, for eight poor women, who receive 10s. each, every month. The Old Maid's Hospital.-Founded under the will of Mary Wandesford, spinster, dated 4th November, 1725, for the use and benefit of ten poor maiden gentlewomen, £15 per annum to be paid to a reader, and a congregation to be made at prayers once a day. Each gentlewoman has two rooms and £20 per annum. The trustees are, the archbishop, dean, and some of the canons of the Cathedral. Middleton's Hospital.-Founded under the will of Mrs. Ann Middleton, dated 24th August, 1655, who left £2000 for building it, and paying twenty widows of freemen £4 each. Mason's Hospital, Colliergate.-Founded by Margaret Mason, by will, dated 5th June, 1732, for six poor women. The hospital was new fronted some years ago, by means of a legacy left for that purpose by Robert Wilberfoss, Esq. St. Thomas's Hospital.-This was an ancient hospital, which existed before the reformation. It is inhabited by ten poor widows, who are placed therein by the Lord Mayor for the time being. St. Catherine's Hospital.-This hospital is of very ancient origin, and was formerly a house of entertainment for the pilgrims. It contains apartments for four poor widows. Sir Henry Thompson's Hospital.-Founded under the will of Sir H. Thompson, sometime Lord Mayor, dated 25th August, 1692, for six poor men, preference being given to the inhabitants of St. Mary's, Castlegate. Lady Hewley's Hospital.-This institution was founded in 1700, by Lady Hewley, for ten old women. The hospital formerly stood in Tanner-row, in front of the site of the present railway station. New hospitals, however, have recently been erected of hewn stone, in the Elizabethian style, at the end of St. Saviour's church, in St. Saviourgate. Trinity Hospital, Merchants' Hall.—This charity, under he management of the Merchant Adventurers, is for five poor men and five poor women, who receive £2 every month, and allowances at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide. Bishopthorpe Palace; Two miles and a half distant from York, in the westriding. Bishopthorpe is a parish town, with about 500 population; and the palace, situated on the banks of the river Ouse, is the princely seat of the archbishop of York. As we have already stated, the manor of Thorpe, now Bishopthorpe, was purchased by Archbishop Walter Grey, who was consecrated A.D. 1215; and the foundation of the present palace was laid by this prelate. The palace and chapel are well worth inspection; and the grounds, pleasantly adorned with fine lime trees, are extremely beautiful. PHYSICAL TOPOGRAPHY. Botany. Yorkshire is rich in botanical treasures. The Flora of the county,* contains a catalogue of 1002 flowering plants, of which three are peculiar to Yorkshire, viz. Arabis hispida. Dryas octopetala. Juncus polycephalus. One, not peculiar to the county, flowers no where else in England, viz. Cornus suecica. Twelve attain in Yorkshire their southern limit, viz. Thirty-seven attain in Yorkshire their northern limit, viz. Anemone Pulsatilla Hutchinsia petræa Dianthus Caryophyllus Silene Otites Silene nutans Arenaria tenuifolia Campanula patula Yorkshire (observes Professor Philips, whose valuable and volumnious work, illustrative of the geology of this district, contains all the information a student can desire on the subject,) is one of the few counties of England which are defined by natural boundaries. On the west it * See the admirable work of Henry Baines. reaches, and in some places extends beyond, the great summit ridge of the island. The Tees is its natural limit on the north; the Dun, for a great length, on the south; and on the east it is washed by the German Ocean. Dr. Lister, in 1683, described the geological constitution of the county of York in the following manner : 1. The Wolds;-chalk, flint, pyrites, &c. 2. Blackmoor;-moors, sand-stone, &c. 3. Holderness;-boggy, turf, clay, sand, &c. 4. Western Mountains;-moors, sand-stone, coal, iron-stone, lead ore, sand, clay, &c. Mr. Baines, the sub-curator of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, in his Flora already referred to, thus marks the botanical divisions of Yorkshire : 1. The north-western, or mountain limestone district. 3. The magnesian limestone tract. 4. The great central vale. 5. The north-eastern, or Oolitic hills. 6. The chalk wolds, or south-eastern hills. 7. The district of Holderness. 8. The sea coast. Conchology. The conchologist interested in collecting the land and fresh water shells of England, will find the vicinity of York an interesting district. John Edward Gray, Esq., F.R.S., in his excellent Manual of the Land and Fresh Water Shells of the British Islands, enumerates about 130 species of these, no fewer than eighty are found near and around York. The fourteen following species, included in the above number, have been recently added to the list: : : Neretina fluviatilis Bithinia ventricosa Cyclostoma elegans Helix lapicida Helix Cantiana Zonites purus Vertigo angustior Pisidium Henslowianum Unio Pictorum Unio tumidus Meteorology. The prevailing characteristic of the climate of York is humidity, although the quantity of rain which falls is small. The following table, containing the results of Mean temperature. Mean height of Barom. Quantity of Rain. Inches. The following table may be useful in further illustrating 1 On an average of 19 years, from the observations of Luke Howard, F.R.S. 2 On an average of 25 years, from the observations of S. Marshall, Esq. |