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Canon of Ripon, of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 

 where he was for many years Senior Pellow and Tutor. The 

 Eectorship of Stanhope has been held by many eminent divines. 

 Among those who have held this living may be named Bishop 

 Butler, author of the '^ Analogy," Bishop Murton, Bishop Phil- 

 potts, and Bishop Barrington, who endowed many schools in 

 the district. 



The trade of the town of Stanhope, as well as of the entire 

 parish, is to a great extent dependent on the iron and lead mines, 

 and the numerous limestone quarries in the neighbourhood. 



Concerning the family of Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Col- 

 lin in the Peerage, quoting Camden, observes them to be deno- 

 minated from a place of their own name (without doubt) the 

 town of Stanhope, near a forest so called, in Darlington "Wapen- 

 take, in the Bishoprick of Durham, of which they might be 

 owners, for it is certain their residence was in those parts be- 

 fore they came into ^Nottinghamshire, as is fully attested by 

 Glover's Somerset Herald. 



The party left Stanhope at 5.5 p.m., and, after a short deten- 

 tion at Bishop Auckland, reached JN'ewcastle at 7.45, well satisfied 

 with their visit to Weardale. 



. The PiFTH PiELD Meeting, as has been customary for the Sep- 

 tember Meeting, for some years, was arranged to extend over 

 two days, and in consequence of the prolongation of the time, 

 was fixed for a more distant locality, Leyburn, Wensleydale, 

 Yorkshire, and was held on Thursday and Priday, the 14th and 

 15th of September. The members, numbering twenty-three, 

 and five ladies, proceeded by the 8.30 a.m. train from ISTewcastle, 

 and by the kindness of the directors of the JSTorth Eastern Rail- 

 way Company, were accommodated with a 'Hhrough carriage," 

 so that they were relieved fi'om the trouble of a change at 

 Northallerton. After a pleasant journey, the Leyburn brancli 

 from Northallerton being new to many, Leyburn was safely 

 reached at 11.40, and the party, without delay, proceeded to 

 the Bolton Arms Hotel, which was to be their head quarters 

 during the excursion. After giving the necessary instructions 



