NOTES ON HOPE CHURCH. 105 
_ exhaustive report so fully established all his remarks, that he 
did not think it worth while to make any further reply to Mr. 
Buckston. 
No further correspondence took place ; the demolition and 
rebuilding were proceeded with, and we heard no more about 
_ Hope for some months, except one interesting fact—viz., the 
discovery, under the foundations of the walls, of two incised 
sepulchral slabs. These were promptly photographed by Mr. 
J. D. Leader, F.S.A., and appear in another part of the Society’s 
journal. 
As to the final results, I have received a letter from one 
of our members in the north of the county, containing this 
information—“I gather,” says my correspondent, ‘‘that the 
restoration has been done in a much more satisfactory manner . 
_ than is usually the case; and this I believe to be mainly owing 
to the vigorous efforts of our Society and the gentlemen who 
assisted it. The tracery of the windows has been exactly copied, 
and the sedilia have been put back in their proper place. A 
good oak roof has been put over the Chancel. It is higher than 
the old one, which came below the Chancel arch. I could not 
learn that the inscribed monuments and brasses have been 
preserved, though I hope and believe that they have. Generally, 
I may say, from the report given me, that where the old features 
of the Chancel have been faithfully copied, the restoration is 
good. The controversy which arose respecting this church was 
very wide-spread, and I think the efforts made have been 
crowned with a real success, notwithstanding the fact that the 
‘Main point was not gained. I hope our Society will be successful 
in inducing the clergy and others to pay a greater regard to the 
venerable and valuable relics entrusted to their care, instead of 
imitating, as too many do, the moth which corrupts.” 
_ With this, ends my present acquaintance with the condition of 
affairs at Hope. I can most fully endorse the hope expressed in 
‘the last quotation I have given. Surely what has occurred at 
‘Hope: proves, if proof were wanting, that a society like ours 
was very much needed in Derbyshire. 
