couples,
had arrived.

The subscribers came up in twos and threes on the hacks of the well known
"Shanks," armed with stout sticks; and then off they set, as gay and much
more in earnest than many dozen who sport pink and leathers outside on
hundred guinea nags.

Music is a good deal cultivated among all classes in Sheffield. There are
two scientific associations, but of no particular mark. Sheffield has
produced two poets of very different metal, James Montgomery and Ebenezer
Elliott, both genuine; and a sculptor, Chantrey, who was apprenticed there to
a wheelwright.

The railway communications of Sheffield were long imperfect,--they are now
excellent. The clothing districts of Yorkshire are united by two lines. The
North Midland connects it with Derbyshire, and affords a short road by Derby
and through Leicestershire to London on one side, and by Burton to Birmingham
on the other. The Lincolnshire line has shortened the distance to Hull,
whence the steel-iron comes, and fat cattle; the Manchester line carries away
the bars converted into cutlery, and all the plated ware and hardware, by
Liverpool, to customers in America, North or South.

We must not forget that there are coal-pits close to the town, of extensive
workings, which are extremely well suited for the visit of an amateur. Even
a courageous lady might, without inconvenience, travel underground along the
tramways in the trucks, if she did not mind the jolting.

The miners are not at all like our Staffordshire friends, but are very decent
fellows. There are a good many Wesleyan Methodists among them, and hymns may
be heard sometimes resounding along the vaulted galleries, and rising from
behind the air-doors, where children sit all day on duty,--dull work, but not
hard or cold.

A well managed coal mine is a very fine sight.

DERBYSHIRE.

From either Sheffield or Manchester a most delightful journey is open through
Derbyshire to a good pedestrian, or to a party of friends travelling in a
carriage with their own horses. For the latter purpose an Irish outside car,
fitted either with a pole or outrigger for a pair of horses, is one of the
best conveyances we know. The front seat holds the driver; two ladies and
two gentlemen fill up the two sides. The well contains ample space for the
luggage of sensible people; umbrellas and waterproof capes can be strapped on
the intermediate cushion, and then, if the horses are provided with military