appears to have been opened for public worship in 1806. The new building is calculated to contain 2000 people; but it has since become quite inadequate to the wants of the Wesleyan denomination in York. The edifice is of red brick with stone mouldings; of a semi-octangular form; the centre terminating with a pediment. The length of it is 66 feet; breadth, 54 feet; to the ceiling, 33 feet.

Roman Catholic Chapel, Little Blake-street.

This chapel was erected by voluntary subscriptions in 1802; previously to which time, the Roman catholics of York, worshipped in the house opposite, which has since been purchased by the York Union Lodge of Free-masons. It is a neat building, capable of containing about seven hundred people; being 74 feet in length, 44 feet in breadth, and thirty feet in height. It comprises a very fine gallery, and an organ loft; and the marble altar and tabernacle placed in a recess at the east end, are extremely elegant. In 1837, the right reverend John Briggs, D.D., bishop in partibus, took up his residence in York, as vicar apostolic of the northern district; and has since taken part in the services of Little Blake-street chapel.

Lendal Chapel.

This chapel, belonging to the independent denomination of protestant non-conformists, derives its name from the street in which it is situated. It was opened on the 7th of November, 1816; previously to which time the independents were of little consideration in York. They had a small chapel in Jubbergate, built about the year 1798, but they made little progress. Under the pastoral care, however, of the Rev. James Parsons, one of the most popular evangelical preachers in England, they soon increased in numbers and strength. Lendal chapel was originally built to accommodate 950 persons, but in a few years it was found necessary to erect a second gallery; and subsequently another enlargement took place: it can now

accommodate 1300 persons. In consequence of the increasing numbers of the congregation it was, in the year 1838, deemed expedient to build another and more commodious chapel; and on the 19th of July in that year, the foundation stone of Salem chapel was laid. In 1839, the new building being opened, part of the congregation under the pastorate of the Rev. James Parsons removed to Salem chapel; and the Rev. Charles Payton was appointed his successor in Lendal chapel.

Wesleyan Chapel, Albion=street.

In consequence of the increase of the Wesleyan methodists of York, this chapel was erected in 1816. It is a neat and commodious edifice, built of red brick, and containing seats for a thousand persons.

Grape-lane Chapel.

This place of worship is now in the possession of the primitive Wesleyan methodists. It was originally built by the baptists, in 1780, and Dr. Steadman, the late eminent president of the college at Bradford, not unfrequently preached there. In 1794, the chapel was sold to the Rev. Mr. Watkins, a preacher in the Countess of Huntingdon's connexion. In 1798 it was again sold; the purchasers being the new Wesleyan connexion. They erected a gallery round it in 1800, and occupied it till 1804; when the Wesleyan methodists rented it. As soon as their New-street chapel was erected, the Wesleyans gave it up, and in 1806 it again became a baptist chapel. A few years ago it was sold by them to the primitive Wesleyan body who now worship there. Grapelane chapel has seats for nearly 600 people.

Endependent Chapel, Walmgate.

Owing to the extension of the Independent denomination in York, it was found necessary in 1824, to open this place of worship in connection with Lendal chapel. It is small, and was not originally built for a public purpose.

Wesleyan Chapel, Walmgate.

In 1826, a small chapel was erected in Walmgate, to meet the increasing wants of the Wesleyan body.

Protestant Methodist Chapel, Lady Peckitt's Yard.

Nearly opposite the Shambles is a passage from Pavement into Lady Peckitt's Yard, where this chapel was erected in 1829. Prior to that time, this society of Methodists assembled in a house in St. Andrewgate; but it was inadequate for them, and in September, 1829, the foundation stone of the new chapel was laid.

Salem Chapel, St. Saviourgate.

This fine edifice was opened in August, 1839, by the independent body, in consequence of the increase of their numbers and the comparative smallness of Lendal chapel. It is, both externally and internally, an elegant and imposing structure, presenting an elevated front of the Ionic order, after the temple of Ilisseus at Athens; which is seen to advantage from St. Saviourgate, at the end of which street Salem chapel forms a conspicuous object. It measures inside 81 feet in length, and 56 feet in breadth, and has extremely spacious and well-arranged galleries. There is accomodation for 1650 adults and children, and beneath the chapel is a large school room, well lighted and ventilated. The total cost of erection, including the site was £5,000.

Wesleyan Chapel, Grobes.

This small, but neat chapel, was erected by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1839, for the accommodation of the population in this part of the suburbs of York.

Centenary Chapel, St. Saviourgate.

This is the largest and most splendid of the chapels in this city. It was built to commemorate the centenary of methodism; and was opened on the 18th July, 1840, when nearly 3,000 persons were present.

Ruins of St. Mary's Abbey.

If thou would'st view fair Mary's aright,
Go view it by the pale moon light;
(For the gay beams of lightsome day,
Gild but to flout the ruins gray.)

When the broken arches are black in night
And each shafted oriel glimmers white;
When buttress and buttress alternately,
Seem framed of ebon and ivory,
When silver edges the imagery;
Then go but go alone the while —
Then view St, Mary's ruined pile.

The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey,-one of the most signal and powerful monastic institutions in England before the Reformation, form an object of peculiar interest. They are situated on the manor shore, and are now included within the beautiful grounds of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, the especially constituted guardians of these venerable remains. The abbey appears to have been founded in the time of King William the Conqueror. Stephen, the first abbot of St. Mary's gives a detail, of which the following is an outline. He states that in 1078, he became a monk of Whitby, under Remfrid; that William de Perey, a Norman baron, by whom the fraternity had been at first patronized, finally drove them away by force; that they fled to Lestingham, from which place also, they were driven by the same Percy's interest with the king; that in this afflicting state their condition was commiserated by Alan, earl of Bretagne, who gave them a church near the city of York, dedicated to St. Olave, with four acres of land adjoining to build offices upon. And having obtained a license from the king, he persuaded the monks to leave Lestingham, and make this the seat of their abbey. Thomas, archbishop of York, in a suit against Earl Alan, claimed the four acres of land above mentioned ; whereupon King William I., to compose the difference,