A. D. 1850 Public some persons contended, whilst others as stoutly insisted that he was not beaten by more than half-a-neck. When a short distance from home Flatman, the rider of Voltigeur, lost his whip, whether by accident or design is not known, and this circumstance was eagerly laid hold of to account for the Dutchman's victory. There will always be a difference of opinion as to the merits of these two splendid animals, but it seems to be universally agreed that nothing equal to them has appeared since the days of Eclipse and Flying Childers. A handsome structure, as a betting room, was erected at Doncaster in 1826, of the Ionic order, 90 feet in length, and 22 feet broad, lighted in the day time by spacious domes, and at night with gas introduced into three brilliant chandeliers of richly cut glass. A new club-room connected with the races, an elegant building in the Italian style, was erected in 1841. The Mansion House, erected in 1748, at an expense of £8,000, and enlarged in 1800, at an additional cost of £4,000, is an elegant structure of the composite order. The front is embellished with duplicated columns rising from a rustic basement, supporting an entablature and cornice, above which is an attic, surmounted by the municipal arms in the centre, and ornamented with urns on each side. The principal room is decorated with a full length portrait of George III. in his coronation robes, and with portraits of the third Earl Fitzwilliam and the mayor of Rockingham, in their parliamentary robes, presented by the earl to the corporation. The Town Hall contains a commodious suite of rooms for the civil and criminal courts, and for the transaction of the business of the corporation. The Theatre is a handsome building, erected in 1774, and is generally opened at the time of the races. In addition to a Free Grammar School, a national school, and a British school, there is a public library and news-room, for which an appropriate building was erected in 1821, supported by subscription. The town is also provided with a sayings' bank, a hospital, almshouses, and other institutions for promoting the welfare of the inhabitants. The Parish Church is a spacious and elegant cruciform structure, with a lofty square embattled tower, rising to the height of 151 feet, crowned with pinnacles; the whole of the interior is highly enriched. The west window, of large dimensions, is filled with beautiful tracery, and the south porch is of peculiar elegance and richly sculptured. The window of the chancel is ornamented with figures of the prophets and apostles in stained glass, inserted at a cost of £1000, by T. J. L. Baker, Esq. In the area under the tower are the monuments of Robin of Doncaster, and Thomas Ellis, five times mayor of the borough, and founder of the hospital of St. Thomas. Christ Church was erected in 1829, at the expense of J. Jarratt, Esq., who gave £10,000 for its erection, and £3000 towards its endowment. It is a handsome structure in the later English style, and contains 1000 sittings, of which 300 are free. The government of the borough was formerly vested in a mayor, twelve aldermen, twenty-four capital burgesses, assisted by a recorder, and other officers; but by the Municipal Act, it is now divided into three wards, the governing body consisting of a mayor, six aldermen, and eighteen councillors. A. D. 1851 The present poor law union comprises fifty-four parishes or places, and the population, by the census of 1851, was 34,669, of Population. which number, 16,953 were males, and 17,716 females. This shews an increase of 2,267 from the previous decenial period of 1841. The number of houses at the last census, was 7,800, exhibiting an increase of 610 during the ten years. Doncaster is not a parliamentary borough, but the inhabitants are about to take the necessary steps to secure for themselves that privilege. The Manor of Rossington, in the union and soke of Doncaster, comprising nearly 3,000 acres, was purchased in 1838 by James Brown, Esq., of Leeds, the wealthy cloth merchant, for the sum of 93,000 guineas. This gentleman re-built the church in 1844. The present James Brown, Esq., son of the gentleman before referred to, subsequently purchased the beautiful estate of Copgrove, near Ripon, formerly the property of Thomas Duncombe, Esq. DRIFFIELD. It This place is pleasantly situated at the foot of the Wolds. consists of one spacious street, and two others, irregularly built; these are lighted with gas, in addition to which advantage, the inhabitants are well supplied with water. The various streams abound with fine trout and other fish, of the former of which, one weighing seventeen pounds, was taken a few years since. For the preservation of these fisheries, the Driffield Anglers' Club was established in 1833; each member contributes £5 yearly, and the club hold an annual meeting for the transaction of the general business. The air is pure and salubrious, and the environs remarkably pleasant, abounding with varied scenery, and affording every attraction to the sportsman. The principal trade is in corn, of which the surrounding district affords an abundant supply, and from the central situation of the town, combined with facilities of conveyance, it has rapidly increased. The manufacture of carpets, Manufaclinen, and sacking, is carried on to a moderate extent; and an iron ture. foundry, and a very extensive tannery, afford employment to a considerable number of persons. There are several corn-mills on the various streams in the town and neighbourhood, and at the head of the canal are two mills for crushing bones, with several commodious wharfs and warehouses. A neat building, containing a corn-exchange and public-rooms, was erected a few years ago by A. D. 1837 subscription, at a cost of £2,000. A mechanics' institute was founded in 1837, and has now a library of several hundred volumes. The parish is situated in the heart of a fertile district, and comprises by computation 4,500 acres. The luxuriance of the pastures produce cattle of very superior quality, in proof of which it may be stated that the short-horned bull, called Patriot, fed here about thirty years since, by Mr. George Coates, was sold for 500 guineas; and for a cow bred from the same stock, that gentleman refused an offer of 1,000 guineas. The church, an ancient and stately structure, in the Norman and early English styles, was built by a member of the Hotham family, and forms a magnificent feature in the landscape. There are places of worship for dissenters, and a national school, an infant school, a dispensary, and a benevolent society, which are supported by subscription. At Danesdale, a hamlet in the parish, are numerous tumuli, called the Danes' Graves," supposed to have been raised over the bodies of the Danish chiefs who fell in a battle said to have taken place in the immediate vicinity. The Poor-law Union of Driffield comprehends Population. forty-three parishes and townships, and in 1851, contained a popu lation of 18,265, of which 9,393 were males, and 8,872 females. The number of houses at the same period was 3,857. GUISBOROUGH. In the Doomsday Survey this town, then called GHIGESBURG, in the North-riding, was, soon after the Conquest, granted to Robert de Brus, who, in 1129, founded a priory here for Augustine canons; but of this splendid structure only a few remains are now to be seen. In the reign of Elizabeth Sir Thomas Chaloner brought over some workmen from Italy, and established at Guisborough some alum works-the first of the kind in England—but they were subsequently transferred to Lofthouse and Boulby, where they have ever since been carried on upon a very extensive scale. The town, which is situated in a picturesque and fertile valley, consists of one spacious street, containing many well built houses, whereof several are of freestone, found in the parish. No particular branch of manufacture is carried on, the inhabitants being principally employed in the several trades requisite for the accommodation of the neighbourhood. About a mile to the south-east of the town, a mineral spring was discovered in 1822, which has acquired some repute accommodations for drinking the waters have been provided, and the beauty of the vicinity attracts many visitors to the spot. The parish comprises 11,900 acres, of which more than 4000 are open moor, affording good pasture for sheep; the soil of the arable land is generally fertile, and in the management of the several farms the most improved system of agriculture prevails. Religious instruction is afforded by the Church and other places of worship, and there are schools for the instruction of children, and bequests for the poor. The poor law union comprises twentyseven parishes or places, and in 1851 contained a population of 12,202, composed of 6,228 males and 5,974 females. The number of houses at the same period was 2,723. A. D. 1851 About seven miles north of Guisborough is Redcar, which of late Roseberry years has risen into considerable eminence as a sea bathing place. Topping. At a distance of three miles is Roseberry Topping, a very steep mountain covered with verdure from its base to the summit, and which is 1488 feet above the level of the sea. The views presented from this stupendous eminence can scarcely be surpassed for sublimity and grandeur. HAREWOOD. Harewood, one of the neatest and most pleasantly situated vil-. lages in England, is eight miles from Leeds, on the Harrogate road, at which place is the magnificent residence of the Earl of Harewood. The estate was purchased from the trustees of John Boulter, Esq., the spendthrift relative of the parsimonious Sir John Cutler, about the year 1721, by Henry Lascelles, Esq., member of parliament for Northallerton. This gentleman died in 1753, and was succeeded by Edwin, his eldest son, who in the year 1790, was created Baron Harewood, of Harewood Castle. For a considerable period that ancient edifice was occupied by the possessors of the domain, but it was completely dismantled long before the present family became its owners, and the first stone of the existing mansion, which is in the Corinthian style, was laid on the 23rd of March, 1759, Mr. Carr, of York, and Mr. Adams, of London, being the architects. The cost of its erection is supposed to have been £100,000. In the year 1795, his lordship died, when his cousin, Edward, succeeded, and was on the 7th of September, 1812, created an earl. He survived his eldest son, Edward, six years, and at his death on the 4th of June, 1814, was succeeded by his second son, Henry, the late earl. The death of the last-mentioned nobleman, who was universally admired and respected as a splendid specimen of the “Fine Old English Gentleman," took place in the month of December, 1841, under circumstances peculiarly distressing to the family, and which excited the deepest regret throughout the county. On the day of this melancholy event, his lordship, who was ardently attached to the pleasures of the chase, accompanied the hounds, apparently in his usual health, and after a run of no great duration, he remained on horseback a considerable time, watching the proceedings of some men who were engaged in drawing a fox that had taken to earth." This protracted exposure to cold produced so serious an effect by aggravating, in all probability, the symptoms of a very painful disorder under which he had long suffered, and for which, sometime previously, he had undergone an operation in London, that after leaving the place, and alighting from his horse, 66 A. D. 1841 at a short distance, he fell to the ground in a fainting state, and almost immediately expired! The appalling suddenness of the event, and its occurrence just before the festive season of Christmas, when it was the custom of the noble earl to be surrounded by a family circle, including the whole of his grandchildren, diffused a deep gloom throughout the neighbourhood, and of course put an end to the usual rejoicings The remains of his lordship, followed by a long train of noblemen and gentlemen, were borne to Harewood church on the shoulders of a number of his tenantry, and deposited in the family vault amidst the sincere grief of all who Funeral of could appreciate genuine worth. The funeral service was read by the Rev. Richard Newlove, vicar of Thorner, his lordship's domestic Harewood, chaplain. The day was extremely unfavourable, the rain falling the late Earl of in 1841. . heavily, but this did not prevent the attendance of a large number of persons from Leeds and other places, who, if their object was to witness the pomp and circumstance that often attends the obsequies of the wealthy and the great, must have been disappointed, as nothing could be more simple and unostentatious than all the arrangements on this occasion. The late Earl of Harewood, when the Hon. Henry Lascelles, represented the County of York in Parliament, in 1796, in conjunction with Mr. Wilberforce. At the ever-memorable election of 1807, he again offered himself, the other candidates being Mr. Wilberforce and Lord Milton, now Earl Fitzwilliam. The struggle was between Lord Milton, then only 21 years of age, and Mr. Lascelles, and at the close of the fifteen days' poll, unparalleled for the excitement and profuse expenditure of money which it occasioned, the hon. gentleman was defeated, the numbers standing thus-William Wilberforce, 11,806; Lord Milton, 11,177; Hon. H. Lascelles, 10,989. In 1812, Mr. Lascelles sat for the county a second time, and continued to do so until his elevation to the peerage in 1814, as already mentioned. Apart from the office which he held as Lord-Lieutenant of the Westriding, his lordship could scarcely be termed a public man. His name was not often found in the debates of the upper house. The quiet pursuits of a country life, and the discharge of his duties as a landlord, were far more congenial to his tastes and inclination, than the excitement and fatigue consequent upon the performance of senatorial duties. Yet he was by no means indifferent to the responsibilities of his station, and when the public service demanded his energies, few men were more prompt in obeying the call. If we may speak of him as a politician, the soundness of his judgment and the vigour of his understanding, secured for him a high place in the estimation of his party, whilst his unquestionable honesty and sincerity exempted him from animosity, and gained for him the respect and esteem of his opponents. In all the relations of life, whether as a parent, a landlord, a neighbour, or a friend, his example and his actions shed a greater lustre upon his name than wealth or titles, however deservedly possessed, could ever |