to be carried out, and only accepting in return the component part which fell to his share as Pastor of the district assigned to the Vicar of the Parish church.

Many deeply interesting anniversaries have, (since the period of which I write) year by year been held in this beautiful church, honoured by high episcopal presence, both Anglican and American. At the anniversary, in 1851, Dr. Hook reminded his hearers that the inhabitants of Leeds had, within the preceding ten years, expended £28,000 upon the rebuilding of the parish church; that they had also erected ten new churches, some of them at the cost of not less than £15,000 or £20,000 each. Assisted by a legacy of £20,000, they erected 17 parsonage houses; they had divided their large parish into 17 small parishes, of manageable dimensions, each (by the Vicar's voluntary sacrifice) provided with an endowment; the number of Clergy, within the same period, having increased from 25 to 60. With the aid of the National Society and the Privy Council, 21 schools had been erected, to many of which residences for the masters and mistresses were also attached, providing school accommodation for 7,500 children; 4,500 young persons had been confirmed, of whom the greater number had become communicants; a musical (daily) service in the church had been conducted, at an annual expense of £500; and £130 per annum had been bequeathed for apprenticing boys who had sung in the choir.

To all million-peopled places, whether solemn cathedral cities, populous, money-making manufacturing districts, or sea-ports teeming with the traffic of merchant wealth and enterprise, this great practical example speaks in a tone of power, "Go, and do ye likewise!" For, all ranks should unite in the grand duty of christianising the masses, and

promoting the honour and efficiency of CHRIST'S Church. The proprietor of many a broad acre, or the successful accumulator of large funded possessions, residing as the great baron or squire in the midst of an agricultural neighbourhood, may be sure that the classes underneath will insensibly fix their theory of self-sacrifice in time and money, according to the standard which he and his family practically set before them. Whilst, on the other hand, the middle classes, dwelling in the unprogressive seclusion of country towns and villages, must beware lest they fall into the error of imagining, because there may be the lord of some vast domain in their vicinity to do many public and numerous unrecorded acts of kindness in their parish, that therefore any one of themselves, the parishioners, is exempted from the duty of performing his or her individual share in contributing towards the general weal. No, all of us are answerable for our own responsibilities before GOD in these regards; whether these responsibilities be great or little, and whether we fulfil them or no, we dare not-nay! we cannot delegate them upon our neighbour: for "every man shall bear his own burden," and 66 none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to GoD a ransom for him." 1

We made our exit from Leeds past the barracks, seeing the School of Industry in the distance. This side of Leeds is good; pleasant residences are scattered amid agreeable scenery for a considerable way. We rested an hour at Harewood, an extremely pretty village, kept in excellent order. It was not the day for showing Harewood House, a noble mansion erected by the late Lord Harewood, who laid the foundation in 1760. Harewood appears a fine domain, the park is picturesque, and

1 Gal. vi. 5; Ps. xlix. 7.

the smooth road leading from the handsome entrance arch might serve as a model to all park roads; for every pebble seems to know its place.

Having a little leisure time in the village of Harewood, we looked into the school, which is under Lord Harewood's own control, where we had some interesting conversation with the schoolmaster, who seemed a very intelligent man, and who told us the church is three-quarters of a mile from the village, and was anciently worth seeing, and had, in modern times, been disfigured by tall pews. Harewood Church contains the tomb of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe, the upright judge who committed the Prince of Wales to prison in the reign of Henry the Fourth: it has been well observed, that this seasonable reproof of the royal offender probably laid the foundation of the monarch's future fame. Sir William showed equal integrity and intrepidity in refusing to try Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York, on a charge of high treason. Harewood was anciently the property of the Gascoyne family; and with Margaret, last daughter of this race, it passed by marriage to Thomas Wentworth, grandfather of the excellent Earl of Strafford, who fell a victim to popular clamour in the reign of Charles the First.

During our talk with the schoolmaster, we happened to say, how much we admired Dr. Hook's church at Leeds, which we had that morning visited, when he said to us, we ought also to have inspected S. Saviour's Church, a beautiful little edifice, and a real bijou in its way. He also recommended us to see Selby Abbey, which I have since ascertained was formerly a monastery of the Benedictine order. Within these conventual walls (founded by William the Conqueror,) Henry, surnamed Beauclerc, afterwards King Henry I., was born. However, this did not lie within the programme of our route,

so, thanking our courteous informant for his communications, we departed, well pleased with the school and its preceptor.

Passing under the acclivity on whose summit stands the very ancient ruin of Harewood Castle, we passed onwards towards Harrogate, where we arrived in the course of the afternoon. We immediately directed our steps in search of a domicile, as we purposed making Harrogate our head-quarters during some days. We mounted many a staircase belonging to windows whose panes contained the announcement of "apartments;" and, like most people who have too great a variety to choose from, we were rather tardy in making up our minds as to which of the commodious abodes we would make our own; at last we established ourselves in Somerfield House, and, on the whole, I do not think we could have made a more convenient selection.

And right glad were we to rest, after travelling for five successive days, beneath a broiling sun, or in a hot murky atmosphere still more oppressive; nevertheless, we had great cause to be thankful for fine weather and a safe journey. In the next chapter, I will tell you how we found Harrogate a much pleasanter place than we expected; how the "bogs" may be scented afar off; how we journeyed over a wonderful viaduct to York; and how we stood on the very summit of the highest tower of the farfamed Minster.

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CHAPTER II.

HARROGATE consists of three parts, severally known as "High Harrogate,' "Central Harrogate," and "Low Harrogate." High Harrogate is situated on an elevated plain, which commands an extensive prospect over a wide expanse of country as far as the mountains of Craven on the west, while the view on the east is only bounded by the Hambleton Hills and the Yorkshire Wolds. York Minster, though twenty miles away, may also be discerned on a fine day. "Being situated nearly in the centre of this part of England, at an almost equal distance between the east and west seas, the climate is very salubrious; and the air sweeping over an open, elevated, and healthful country, is exceedingly pure."

Central Harrogate unites High and Low Harrogate something after the fashion of a Z, and contains long lines of houses overlooking the common. Very pleasant is this fair and healthy common, with its sunny footways and its shady borderpaths. Yes! Harrogate is a refreshing place : there are fragrant hayfields-there are grassy uplands-there is breezy air-there is open sunshine

there are songs of birds-there are voices of flocks-there are simple country walks-there are people moving hither and thither, apparently in happy enjoyment.