104 NOTES ON HOPE CHURCH. 
Pardon my asking one question—as Vicar of Hope, I am to 
some extent responsible for the safety of the choir who sat in the 
Chancel. Is it not my duty to be guided rather by the profes- 
sional opinion of an Architect of 40 years’ experience, and well 
known for his practical knowledge, than by the opinion of a few 
gentlemen who come to Hope for an hour or two, and rush into 
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print ? 
If by “any one’s feelings” you allude to mine, pray do not 
consider them; my only “feelings” have been those of surprise, 
that gentlemen, not one of whom most probably would have given 
£50 to prevent the Chancel becoming a heap of ruins, should put 
themselves to such fruitless trouble as writing letters to the 
papers; the Dean and Chapter in 1870, refused, not £50, but 
50/-, for the repair of the East Window. 
Yours truly, 
The Rev.-J. C. Cox. HENRY BUCKSTON. 
On the 1st of July, I received the following from Mr. 
Buckston— 
Vicarage, Hope, Sheffield, 
July 1st, 1881. 
DEAR SIR, 
Mr. J. Charles Cox sent me a MSS. copy of a letter 
addressed to the D. A.and N. H.S. This letter has appeared in 
the Sheffield and Rotherham newspaper. I enclose a copy of my 
letter to Mr. Cox, with a request to you that if his letter be 
entered on the Minutes of your Society, my reply may appear also. 
It would be an evil thing for your Society, if its members were to 
imagine that writing violent one-sided letters to the newspapers 
could produce any effect on the minds of practical men. 
Yours truly, 
HENRY BUCKSTON. 
Arthur Cox, Esq., Hon. Sec., D. A. and N. H.S. 
Rev. J. Charles Cox wishes it to be stated that part of Mr. 
Buckston’s letter refers to a private note of his, of which he did 
not keep a copy. Mr. Cox considered that Mr. Irvine’s 
